Deliciae Literariae: A New Volume of Table-talkSimpkin, Marshall, 1840 - 273 pages |
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Page 13
... lines , - " Six years had pass'd , and forty ere the six , When Time began to play his usual tricks : My locks , once comely in a virgin's sight , Locks of pure brown , now felt th ' encroaching white ; Gradual each day I liked my ...
... lines , - " Six years had pass'd , and forty ere the six , When Time began to play his usual tricks : My locks , once comely in a virgin's sight , Locks of pure brown , now felt th ' encroaching white ; Gradual each day I liked my ...
Page 20
... lines either on Jesuit or any other popish writer ; yea , ' saith he , I abhor reading these men whom they call the Fathers , for one told me , who heard it of Mr Charles Ferme , that they smelled too much of popery : Bucanus have I ...
... lines either on Jesuit or any other popish writer ; yea , ' saith he , I abhor reading these men whom they call the Fathers , for one told me , who heard it of Mr Charles Ferme , that they smelled too much of popery : Bucanus have I ...
Page 49
... lines , " he says , " naked of ornament and simple as they are , struck my fancy , and , bringing fresh into my mind an unhappy adventure much talked of formerly , gave birth to the poem . " It first appeared in a newspaper about the ...
... lines , " he says , " naked of ornament and simple as they are , struck my fancy , and , bringing fresh into my mind an unhappy adventure much talked of formerly , gave birth to the poem . " It first appeared in a newspaper about the ...
Page 50
... lines entitled " Mi- randa's Ghost to Strephon " is prefixed this note : " Miranda's ghost to Mr Sharp , son to Stonyhill : She was daughter to Mr Gregorie , professor of mathematics in Edinburgh College ; Sharp dis- honoured her , and ...
... lines entitled " Mi- randa's Ghost to Strephon " is prefixed this note : " Miranda's ghost to Mr Sharp , son to Stonyhill : She was daughter to Mr Gregorie , professor of mathematics in Edinburgh College ; Sharp dis- honoured her , and ...
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... line in Virgil ? The answer was →→ " 2 " Discite justitiam moniti et non temnere divos . ” " Learn righteousness , and dread th ' avenging deities . " Truly , the Prince of Darkness is a gentleman of a most virtuous disposition.3 XXV ...
... line in Virgil ? The answer was →→ " 2 " Discite justitiam moniti et non temnere divos . ” " Learn righteousness , and dread th ' avenging deities . " Truly , the Prince of Darkness is a gentleman of a most virtuous disposition.3 XXV ...
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