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... Roman youth was entitled to assume the toga virilis . The toga virilis of a periodical is its own Publishing Office . So from henceforth " N. & Q. " will be issued from No. 32 , Wellington Street , Strand , where , We trust , with the ...
... Roman youth was entitled to assume the toga virilis . The toga virilis of a periodical is its own Publishing Office . So from henceforth " N. & Q. " will be issued from No. 32 , Wellington Street , Strand , where , We trust , with the ...
Pagina 6
... Roman did that of Appius Claudius , he will serve the public ; but I wish it to be understood that I have not seen the sacred volume , or obtained an extract by treachery . The poem which I offer was repeated to me by one remarkable for ...
... Roman did that of Appius Claudius , he will serve the public ; but I wish it to be understood that I have not seen the sacred volume , or obtained an extract by treachery . The poem which I offer was repeated to me by one remarkable for ...
Pagina 9
... Roman numerals , i , ii . , & c . , to x . , and then by the words , Knave , Queen , King . The figures on these last court cards have no relation to their character as cards . Twelve cards are missing- namely , the iv . and vii . of ...
... Roman numerals , i , ii . , & c . , to x . , and then by the words , Knave , Queen , King . The figures on these last court cards have no relation to their character as cards . Twelve cards are missing- namely , the iv . and vii . of ...
Pagina 16
... Romans using the rose at their feasts , as an emblem of secresy , it is certain that the Teu- tonic races did from a very early period . The custom and principle is particularly German , ac- cording to the ancient proverbial saying ...
... Romans using the rose at their feasts , as an emblem of secresy , it is certain that the Teu- tonic races did from a very early period . The custom and principle is particularly German , ac- cording to the ancient proverbial saying ...
Pagina 18
... Romans in England awhile did sway ; The Saxons long after them led the way , Who tugg'd with the Dane till an overthrow They met with at last from the Norman bow ! Yet , barring all pother , the one and the other Were all of them Kings ...
... Romans in England awhile did sway ; The Saxons long after them led the way , Who tugg'd with the Dane till an overthrow They met with at last from the Norman bow ! Yet , barring all pother , the one and the other Were all of them Kings ...
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Pagina 338 - That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all arm'd : a certain aim he took At a fair vestal throned by the west, And loos'd his love-shaft smartly from his bow, As it should pierce a hundred thousand hearts : But I might see young Cupid's fiery shaft Quench'd in the chaste beams of the watery moon, And the imperial votaress passed on, In maiden meditation, fancy-free.
Pagina 389 - THE HISTORY OF OUR LORD, as exemplified in Works of Art, with that of His Types, St. John the Baptist, and other persons of the Old and New Testament.
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Pagina 30 - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
Pagina 341 - I'll observe his looks; I'll tent him to the quick: if he but blench, I know my course. The spirit that I have seen May be the devil : and the devil hath power To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and perhaps Out of my weakness and my melancholy, — As he is very potent with such spirits, — Abuses me to damn me: I'll have grounds More relative than this: — the play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king.
Pagina 43 - Tender-handed stroke a nettle, And it stings you for your pains ; Grasp it like a man of mettle, And it soft as silk remains.
Pagina 388 - Why, let the stricken deer go weep, The hart ungalled play; For some must watch, while some must sleep; So runs the world away.
Pagina 300 - Where is the man who has the power and skill To stem the torrent of a woman's will ? For if she will, she will, you may depend on't. And if she won't, she won't; so there's an end on't.
Pagina 338 - Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dulcet and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil at her song, And certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid's music.
Pagina 307 - The times have been That, when the brains were out, the man would die, And there an end ; but now they rise again, With twenty mortal murders on their crowns, And push us from our stools.