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Page xi
... Latin or Italian , —which Puttenham calls ' the mingle mangle , and condemns as ' peuishly affected , ' — is as wide as the poles from Euphuism . Not a single instance of it is to be found , I think , in either of Lyly's books . It has ...
... Latin or Italian , —which Puttenham calls ' the mingle mangle , and condemns as ' peuishly affected , ' — is as wide as the poles from Euphuism . Not a single instance of it is to be found , I think , in either of Lyly's books . It has ...
Page xvii
... Latin and French , or that he supposed no one would ever take the trouble to test his assertion . Let the reader judge . Janotus tells Gargantua that money had been refused for certain bells from those who would have ' bought them for ...
... Latin and French , or that he supposed no one would ever take the trouble to test his assertion . Let the reader judge . Janotus tells Gargantua that money had been refused for certain bells from those who would have ' bought them for ...
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... Latin and Italian are transcribed from his works , particularly the proverb about Venice , which has been corrupted so much . The affectation of the letter , which argues facilitie , is likewise a copy of his manner . We meet with much ...
... Latin and Italian are transcribed from his works , particularly the proverb about Venice , which has been corrupted so much . The affectation of the letter , which argues facilitie , is likewise a copy of his manner . We meet with much ...
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... Latin and assumes the character of Jude - ass . Nathaniel , the curate , has a less pronounced character than any in the group ; I suspect , however , that the ' affecting the letter ' was originally a part of his character altered in ...
... Latin and assumes the character of Jude - ass . Nathaniel , the curate , has a less pronounced character than any in the group ; I suspect , however , that the ' affecting the letter ' was originally a part of his character altered in ...
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... Latin proverb which is very nigh to the sense ' of this passage : —Qui bene dormit , nihil mali cogitat . Halliwell thinks , however , that Theobald ' seems to have somewhat misunderstood the construction of the line , the verb to sleep ...
... Latin proverb which is very nigh to the sense ' of this passage : —Qui bene dormit , nihil mali cogitat . Halliwell thinks , however , that Theobald ' seems to have somewhat misunderstood the construction of the line , the verb to sleep ...
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Page 62 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 28 - My good Child, know this, that thou art not able to do these things of thyself, nor to walk in the Commandments of God, and to serve him, without his special grace ; which thou must learn at all times to call for by diligent prayer.
Page 184 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 184 - You meaner beauties of the night, That poorly satisfy our eyes More by your number than your light ; You common people of the skies ; What are you when the moon shall rise?
Page 204 - At her feet he bowed he fell, he lay down at her feet he bowed, he fell where he bowed, there he fell down dead...
Page 326 - From women's eyes this doctrine I derive: They sparkle still the right Promethean fire ; They are the books, the arts, the academes, That show, contain, and nourish all the world...
Page 21 - Then the Priest shall take the Child into his hands, and shall say to the godfathers and godmothers, Name this child.
Page 232 - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety, and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.