Illustrations, Critical, Historical, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, of Novels by the Author of Waverley, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Browne, and Green, 1824 |
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... tion was made to the other vain pursuits of man , which the old Latin proverb has so well defined , ars sine arte , cujus principium est mentiri , medium laborare , et finis mendi- care ; an art and no art ; whose beginning is a lie ...
... tion was made to the other vain pursuits of man , which the old Latin proverb has so well defined , ars sine arte , cujus principium est mentiri , medium laborare , et finis mendi- care ; an art and no art ; whose beginning is a lie ...
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... tion of the transmutation of metals ; and the persecution of Dioclesian is the first authentic event in the history of alchymy . The con- quest of Egypt by the Arabs diffused that vain science over the globe . Congenial to the avarice ...
... tion of the transmutation of metals ; and the persecution of Dioclesian is the first authentic event in the history of alchymy . The con- quest of Egypt by the Arabs diffused that vain science over the globe . Congenial to the avarice ...
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... tion by pious and charitable acts . I under- stand that some of his apparatus is still extant , upon which are supplications for success , and for the welfare of the adepts . Whenever he wished to break an acquaintance , or felt him ...
... tion by pious and charitable acts . I under- stand that some of his apparatus is still extant , upon which are supplications for success , and for the welfare of the adepts . Whenever he wished to break an acquaintance , or felt him ...
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... proportioned measure ; and once more the parched disciple of Geber watches the concoc- tion of the tincture and the menstruum , whilst • Quarterly Review , No. li . he nourishes the slow reverberating flames of the athanor . 18.
... proportioned measure ; and once more the parched disciple of Geber watches the concoc- tion of the tincture and the menstruum , whilst • Quarterly Review , No. li . he nourishes the slow reverberating flames of the athanor . 18.
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... tion of the out - of - door sports at Kenilworth Castle . But the former are too tedious for insertion ; and with the latter the reader is sufficiently familiar . We proceed , therefore , to another popular amusement of these past times ...
... tion of the out - of - door sports at Kenilworth Castle . But the former are too tedious for insertion ; and with the latter the reader is sufficiently familiar . We proceed , therefore , to another popular amusement of these past times ...
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Page 173 - I take my subjects' money, when I want it, without all this formality of parliament?" The bishop of Durham readily answered, "God forbid, Sir, but you should: you are the breath of our nostrils." Whereupon the King turned and said to the bishop of Winchester, "Well, my Lord, what say you?" "Sir," replied the bishop, "I have no skill to judge of parliamentary cases." The King answered, "No put-offs, my Lord; answer me presently.
Page 375 - I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulness of God, (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the King sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and...
Page 333 - Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chemist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking. Blest madman, who could every hour employ With something new to wish or to enjoy...
Page 333 - In the first rank of these did Zimri ' stand, A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was...
Page 333 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 223 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.
Page 334 - In the worst inn's worst room, with mat half-hung, The floors of plaster, and the walls of dung, On once a flock-bed, but repair'd with straw, With tape-tied curtains, never meant to draw, The George and Garter dangling from that bed Where tawdry yellow strove with dirty red, Great Villiers lies — alas!
Page 284 - It is the market of young lecturers, whom you may cheapen here at all rates and sizes. It is the general mint of all famous lies, which are here like the legends of popery, first coined and stamped in the church. All inventions are emptied here, and not few pockets. The best sign of a temple in it is, that it is the thieves...
Page 128 - I am slain !" seconding his speech with all the force he had to cast me. But being too weak, after I had defended his assault, I easily became master of him, laying him on his back ; when being upon him, I re-demanded if he would request his life, but it seemed he prized it not at so dear a rate to be beholden for it; bravely replying "he scorned * Levelling.
Page 5 - My meat shall all come in, in Indian shells, Dishes of agate set in gold, and studded With emeralds, sapphires, hyacinths, and rubies. The tongues of carps, dormice, and camels...