The Knights: Tales Illustrative of the Marvellous, Volumen1Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1808 |
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Página v
... never produce a whole one , which the world would deem worth reading . After perusing the part I had writ- ten , you gave it your fiat ; and pre- dicted that I fhould become volu- minous . Your prediction has been I have poured a ftream ...
... never produce a whole one , which the world would deem worth reading . After perusing the part I had writ- ten , you gave it your fiat ; and pre- dicted that I fhould become volu- minous . Your prediction has been I have poured a ftream ...
Página vi
... never defcended to Fairies and Magicians ; what though you have ever confined the true pictures of a fine imagina- tion to Nature and the Mufes , and have even for fome time paft relin- quifhed Fiction , to become the GLEANER of ...
... never defcended to Fairies and Magicians ; what though you have ever confined the true pictures of a fine imagina- tion to Nature and the Mufes , and have even for fome time paft relin- quifhed Fiction , to become the GLEANER of ...
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... Never did the French nobility need ex- citement to glory ; fcarcely was the will of the prince proclaimed by his heralds , when feveral thousand foldiers , and many knights of illuftrious birth and valour , ranged themselves under the ...
... Never did the French nobility need ex- citement to glory ; fcarcely was the will of the prince proclaimed by his heralds , when feveral thousand foldiers , and many knights of illuftrious birth and valour , ranged themselves under the ...
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... him that he would -never reft till the ftain which had been caft on the family was washed out ; an ambiguous phrafe , which the noble Tour- " ville ville did not difdain to use in the ardour of 14 THE KNIGHT OF TOURS .
... him that he would -never reft till the ftain which had been caft on the family was washed out ; an ambiguous phrafe , which the noble Tour- " ville ville did not difdain to use in the ardour of 14 THE KNIGHT OF TOURS .
Página 52
... never have taken refuge among his mor- tal enemies . " The God next perceived , at a dif- tance , the fuburbs of a magnificent city , whose immense wealth had collected in profufion every fort of convenience , and where all the coveted ...
... never have taken refuge among his mor- tal enemies . " The God next perceived , at a dif- tance , the fuburbs of a magnificent city , whose immense wealth had collected in profufion every fort of convenience , and where all the coveted ...
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affembly againſt Aleria amufe anſwer appeared arms Badine caft caufe Count of Tours courſe cried Dagobert defign defire diſcover diſtance dreffed eaſe Egremont eyes faid the Knight faid Tourville fame fatire fatisfied favour feathers feemed felf felves fenfible ferved fhall fhame fhort fhould fide fign firft firſt fituation fleep fmile fome foon fpeak fquire ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure furpriſed furrounded Gloriana Grouvelle hand heart herſelf himſelf Hippolita horfe horſe inftrument itſelf juſt lady lefs loft look Madam mafter miſtreſs moft moſt mufic muft muſt myſelf Naples obferved paffed paffion palace perfon pilgrim pleaſed Pleaſure prefent Princefs raiſed reafon reft replied reſpect rofe ſaid Saladin Saracens ſeen ſhall ſhe Sigifmond ſome ſpoke Squire Steno ſtill Strigillina Syria thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought took underſtand uſe verſes Violetta whofe yourſelf
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Página iii - Tiger: But in a sieve I'll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do.
Página 237 - I had rather be a kitten, and cry mew Than one of these same metre ballad-mongers...
Página 151 - noint, and then I'll mount. Now I'm furnish'd, now I'm furnish'd for my flight. Now I go ; now, now I fly, — Malkin, my sweet spirit, and I. Oh ! what a dainty pleasure is this, To sail in the air, When the moon shines fair, To sing, to dance, to toy, and kiss ! Over woods, high rocks, and mountains, Over hills and misty fountains...
Página 237 - I'd rather hear a brazen candlestick turn'd, or a dry-wheel grate on the axle-tree, and that would nothing set my teeth on edge nothing so much as mincing Poetry.
Página 252 - It is built in the form of an amphitheatre, on the fide of a hill, near the river Kokel« 47 miles N of Hermanftadtl Lon.
Página ix - I refolved to perfift in it, and I have not fcrupled to borrow largely from foreign fources.