Selected English EssaysWilliam Peacock |
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Page 55
... leaving the former evils to your animadversion . ' But instead of giving you a list of the late refine- ments crept ... leave off play ; but you know ' t is a weakness he ' s too apt to give in to , tho ' he has as much wit as any man ...
... leaving the former evils to your animadversion . ' But instead of giving you a list of the late refine- ments crept ... leave off play ; but you know ' t is a weakness he ' s too apt to give in to , tho ' he has as much wit as any man ...
Page 168
... leave a lasting monument of their magnificence , have adorned the altar - piece with the richest crimson velvet , embroidered with vine leaves and ears of wheat ; and have dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expense ...
... leave a lasting monument of their magnificence , have adorned the altar - piece with the richest crimson velvet , embroidered with vine leaves and ears of wheat ; and have dressed up the pulpit with the same splendour and expense ...
Page 263
... leave ourselves behind , much more to get rid of others . It is because I want a little breathing - space to muse on ... Leave , oh , leave me to my repose ! ' I have just now other business in hand , which would seem WILLIAM HAZLITT 263.
... leave ourselves behind , much more to get rid of others . It is because I want a little breathing - space to muse on ... Leave , oh , leave me to my repose ! ' I have just now other business in hand , which would seem WILLIAM HAZLITT 263.
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Abraham Newland admirable beautiful better called character Chioggia church colour Dante delight dinner drama Elena Elizabethan Era English face fancy feel fellow French Gaiety Theatre genius gentlemen Gerado give Goldsmith gondola grace Grand Canal hand head hear heart Hernani honour humour imagination Irenæus kind lady laugh learned live look Malamocco Malebranche matter Messer mind Molière morning murder nature never Nicolas Poussin night observed Oliver Goldsmith once painted passed passion perhaps person picture play pleasure poem poet poetry poor round Sarah Bernhardt seems sense Shakespeare Sicarii Sir Roger sleep sort soul speak spirit style sweet talk taste tell theatre things thought Tintoretto tion Toad-in-the-hole told town true truth turn Venice verse Victor Hugo walk whist whole wonder words write young
References to this book
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener No preview available - 1989 |
Interpretatio: Language and Translation from Cicero to Tytler Frederick M. Rener Limited preview - 1989 |