 | Theocritus - 1836 - 450 páginas
...Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such dialect and harmonious breath, That the rude sea grew civil...To hear the sea-maid's music. PUCK. " I remember. ODERON. " That very time I saw (but thou couldst not), Flying between the cold moon and the earth,... | |
 | Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 páginas
...thus does our great dramatist make Oberon, in conversation with Puck, to aver : • " Thou remembcr'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music." * The Mermaid pourtrayed in the present engraving, beautiful in person, yet, alas ! desinens in piscem,... | |
 | Edward Duke - 1837 - 686 páginas
...Ulysses, thus does our great dramatist make Oberon, in conversation with Puck, to aver: " Thou remember'st Since once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid,...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music.'' * The Mermaid pourtrayed in the present engraving, beautiful in person, yet, alas ! desinens in piscem,... | |
 | 1840 - 568 páginas
...and hour. I was reminded of Oberon's exquisite description of music and moonlight on the ocean : ' Thou rememberest Since once I sat upon a promontory,...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea-maid'a music.' Indeed, I was in the very mood to conjure up all the imaginary beings with which... | |
 | Elizabeth Elkins Sanders - 1841 - 218 páginas
...remember'st Since once 1 sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, :Uttering snch dulcet and harmonious breath That the rude sea grew...madly from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music. That very time I saw (but thou could'st not) 19 Flying between the cold moon and the earth, Cupid all... | |
 | Agnes Strickland - 1842 - 1006 páginas
...wife, lady Jane Howard, the daughter of Surrey, and sister of Mary's affianced husband Nor' ' Dnce I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid on a...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music.'' The rebel earls entered Durham in warlike array, November 14th ; Richard Norton,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1843 - 1008 páginas
...this grove, Till I torment thee for this injury. — My gentle Puck, come hither : Thou remember'st warrant, as despair, That frosts will bite them. When...build, We first survey the plot, then draw the model, musick. Puck. I remember. Obe. That very time I saw, but thou coultl'st not, Flying between the cold... | |
 | Agnes Strickland, Elisabeth Strickland - 1844 - 532 páginas
...Surrey, and sister of Mary's affianced husband Nor* White Doe of Rylstone, or the Fate of the Nortons. " Once I sat upon a promontory, And heard a mermaid...certain stars shot madly from their spheres, To hear the sea maid's music.'* The rebel earls entered Durham in warlike array, November 14th; Richard Norton,... | |
 | 1844 - 1128 páginas
...flattering, but more accurate description contained in the well-known lines of Shakspeare :— " I heard a mermaid, on a dolphin's back, Uttering such...from their spheres To hear the sea-maid's music." Nevertheless it must be admitted that her lot was cast in times for which her education was no fitting... | |
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