| Ann Radcliffe - 1826 - 336 pagina’s
...commanded by Shakspeare's wand, and to which his words might have been applied. " O! it came o'er mine ear, like the sweet south, that breathes upon a bank of violets," It was the music of French-horns, sweetened by distance and by the water, over which it passed, accompanied... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1827 - 658 pagina’s
...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die.— That strain again; it had a dying fall: 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing, and giving odour. NATURAL AFFECTION ALLIED TO LOVE. O, she, that hath a heart of that fine frame, To pay this debt of... | |
| Elizabeth Isabella Spence - 1827 - 972 pagina’s
...he rapturously exclaimed, as he attempted to take her hand, I would say— " That strain again ; O, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour." Twelfth Night. Rebecca coloured, and silently withdrew her hand. It was the first compliment she had... | |
| William Shakespeare, William Dodd - 1827 - 362 pagina’s
...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — That strain again; it had a dying fall: 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes upon a bank of violets, t • Stealing, and giving odour. NATURAL AFFECTION ALLIED TO LOVE. 0, she, that hath a heart of that... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1828 - 534 pagina’s
...illustrated as in these few words of sweetness and melody, where the author says of soft music— O it came o'er my ear, like the sweet South That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. This is still finer, we think, than the noble speech on music in the Merchant of Venice, and only to... | |
| William Shakespeare - 1828 - 262 pagina’s
...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. — That strain again;—it had a dying fall; 0, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. 0, she that hath a heart of that fine frame, To pay this debt of love but to a brother, How will she... | |
| Thomas Ignatius M. Forster - 1828 - 750 pagina’s
...that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again; it had a dying fall: Oh! it came o'er my ear like the sweet South, That breathes...upon a bank of Violets, Stealing, and giving odour! There are several kinds of Violets, but the fragrant, both blue and white, is the earliest, thence... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1828 - 520 pagina’s
...illustrated as in these few words of sweetness and melody, where the author says of soft music— O it came o'er my ear, like the sweet South That breathes...upon a bank of violets. Stealing and giving odour. This is still finer, we think, than the noble speech on music in the Merchant of Venice, and only to... | |
| Eliza Robbins - 1828 - 408 pagina’s
...Night, relieving his melancholy with music, exclaims: " That strain again ! it had a dying fall! Oh, it came o'er my ear like the sweet south, That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour." This example of exclamation from Shakspeare, expresses rapture—unexpected, lively delight. The next... | |
| Nathan Drake - 1828 - 522 pagina’s
...illustrated as in these few words of sweetness and melody, where the author says of soft music— O it came o'er my ear, like the sweet South That breathes...upon a bank of violets, Stealing and giving odour. This is still finer, we think, than the noble speech on music in the Merchant of Venice, and only to... | |
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