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Page 59
... put the reader in mind of Hudibras's Ralph , who is the same as lago , and is often likened to a tailor . High and low in the same song may relate to the librations of the moon . Cas . Why , this is a more exquisite song 59.
... put the reader in mind of Hudibras's Ralph , who is the same as lago , and is often likened to a tailor . High and low in the same song may relate to the librations of the moon . Cas . Why , this is a more exquisite song 59.
Page 80
... the plays of fear , fright , shaking , trembling , and the like , have relation to the wavering librations of the moon : this interpretation is applicable to the long tirades upon fear in Hudibras . [ her . Oth . Why of thy thought , 80.
... the plays of fear , fright , shaking , trembling , and the like , have relation to the wavering librations of the moon : this interpretation is applicable to the long tirades upon fear in Hudibras . [ her . Oth . Why of thy thought , 80.
Page 188
... librations of the moon to opposite and contrary sides . ( 28 ) Seal me your bond . There is a space of light , which may be imagined to resemble paper , with a circular bright mark as of a seal to it , just before the breasts of ...
... librations of the moon to opposite and contrary sides . ( 28 ) Seal me your bond . There is a space of light , which may be imagined to resemble paper , with a circular bright mark as of a seal to it , just before the breasts of ...
Page 274
... librations . ( 8 ) The different objects here noticed , such as antique vases , busts , and drawings of architecture , have either been pointed out , as in the moon , in former notes , or may now be traced there in front of Stoicus's ...
... librations . ( 8 ) The different objects here noticed , such as antique vases , busts , and drawings of architecture , have either been pointed out , as in the moon , in former notes , or may now be traced there in front of Stoicus's ...
Page 275
... refer as well to the librations of the moon , as to her being ( in the esti- mation of the ancients ) a planet . İlle sinistrorsùm , hic dextrorsùm abit ; unus utrique Error T2 275 Emovit veterem mirè novus, ut solet, in cor ...
... refer as well to the librations of the moon , as to her being ( in the esti- mation of the ancients ) a planet . İlle sinistrorsùm , hic dextrorsùm abit ; unus utrique Error T2 275 Emovit veterem mirè novus, ut solet, in cor ...
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Page 260 - Which is the hot condition of their blood ; If they but hear perchance a trumpet sound, Or any air of music touch their ears, You shall perceive them make a mutual stand, Their savage eyes turn'd to a modest gaze, By the sweet power of music : Therefore, the poet Did feign that Orpheus drew trees, stones, and floods, — Since nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, But music for the time doth change his nature...
Page 245 - Thee, chauntress, oft, the woods among I woo, to hear thy even-song; And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green...
Page 257 - And may at last my weary age Find out the peaceful hermitage, The hairy gown and mossy cell, Where I may sit and rightly spell Of every star that heaven doth shew, And every herb that sips the dew, Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.
Page 236 - With wanton heed and giddy cunning ; The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony ; That Orpheus...
Page 249 - The immortal mind that hath forsook Her mansion in this fleshly nook ; And of those demons that are found In fire, air, flood, or under ground, Whose power hath a true consent With planet or with element. Sometime let gorgeous Tragedy In sceptred pall come sweeping by, Presenting Thebes or Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what — though rare — of later age Ennobled hath the buskin'd stage.
Page 247 - Far from all resort of mirth, Save the cricket on the hearth, Or the bellman's drowsy charm To bless the doors from nightly harm.
Page 184 - Mark you this, Bassanio, The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. An evil soul, producing holy witness, Is like a villain with a smiling cheek ; A goodly apple rotten at the heart : O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath ! Shy.
Page 246 - Though justice be thy plea, consider this — That, in the course of justice, none of us Should see salvation ; we do pray for mercy ; And that same prayer doth teach us all to render The deeds of mercy.
Page 37 - tis in ourselves that we are thus, or thus. Our bodies are our gardens ; to the which our wills are gardeners : so that if we will plant nettles, or sow lettuce ; set hyssop, and weed up thyme ; supply it with one gender of herbs, or distract it with many ; either to have it sterile with idleness, or manured with industry ; why, the power and corrigible authority of this lies in our wills.
Page 234 - In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream.