Histoire de la littérature anglaise, Volume 3L. Hachette, 1866 - English literature |
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... And twine so close , that Time should never , In life or death , their fortunes sever : Buth with his rusty sickle mow Both down together at a blow . α « ་ « encore . La bêtise croît à CHAPITRE I. LA RESTAURATION . 15.
... And twine so close , that Time should never , In life or death , their fortunes sever : Buth with his rusty sickle mow Both down together at a blow . α « ་ « encore . La bêtise croît à CHAPITRE I. LA RESTAURATION . 15.
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... not each other . But in the other there is nothing undisputable , because it compares men and meddles with their right and profit . mètres avec la ligne courbe et la ligne droite com- 32 LIVRE III . L'ÂGE CLASSIQUE .
... not each other . But in the other there is nothing undisputable , because it compares men and meddles with their right and profit . mètres avec la ligne courbe et la ligne droite com- 32 LIVRE III . L'ÂGE CLASSIQUE .
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... their banquets .... I detest her hollow cherry cheeks , she looks like an old coach new painted . She is most splendidly , gallantly ugly , and looks like an ill piece of daubing in a rich frame . ( Acte II , scène 1. ) La scène est ...
... their banquets .... I detest her hollow cherry cheeks , she looks like an old coach new painted . She is most splendidly , gallantly ugly , and looks like an ill piece of daubing in a rich frame . ( Acte II , scène 1. ) La scène est ...
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... their backs were turned , did not I tell you they were rogues , villains , rascals , whom I despised and hated ? 2. I shall not have again my alcove smell like a cabin , my chamber perfumed with his tarpaulin Brandenburgh , hear vollies ...
... their backs were turned , did not I tell you they were rogues , villains , rascals , whom I despised and hated ? 2. I shall not have again my alcove smell like a cabin , my chamber perfumed with his tarpaulin Brandenburgh , hear vollies ...
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... their loftiest towers , And injury and outrage ; and when night Darkens the streets , then wander forth the sons Of Belial , flown with insolence and wine . ( Milton , liv . I. ) S2 . LES MONDAINS . I Au dix - septième 64 LIVRE III . L ...
... their loftiest towers , And injury and outrage ; and when night Darkens the streets , then wander forth the sons Of Belial , flown with insolence and wine . ( Milton , liv . I. ) S2 . LES MONDAINS . I Au dix - septième 64 LIVRE III . L ...
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Page 326 - ... mercenary aid on which you rely, for it irritates, to an incurable resentment, the minds of your enemies, to overrun them with the mercenary sons of rapine and plunder, devoting them and their possessions to the rapacity of hireling cruelty. If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never!
Page 231 - Beggar'd by fools, whom still he found too late ; He had his jest, and they had his estate.
Page 414 - There were, indeed, some persons, but their number was very small, that continued a kind of hobbling march on the broken arches, but fell through one after another, being quite tired and spent with so long a walk.
Page 326 - We shall be forced ultimately to retract ; let us retract while we can, not when we must. I say we must necessarily undo these violent oppressive acts ; they must be repealed — you will repeal them ; I pledge myself for it, that you will in the end repeal them ; I stake my reputation on it — I will consent to be taken for an idiot, if they are not finally repealed.
Page 416 - I gazed with inexpressible pleasure on these happy islands. At length, said I, show me now, I beseech thee, the secrets that lie hid under those dark clouds which cover the ocean on the other side of the rock of adamant.
Page 229 - Great wits are sure to madness near allied; And thin partitions do their bounds divide: Else why should he, with wealth and honour blest, Refuse his age the needful hours of rest?
Page 352 - Society cannot exist, unless a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere; and the less of it there is within, the more there must be without.
Page 415 - ... falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. — Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats; but the genius told me there was no passage to them, except through the gates of death that I saw opening every moment upon the bridge. —
Page 231 - A man so various that he seemed to be Not one, but all mankind's epitome : Stiff in opinions, always in the wrong, Was everything by starts and nothing long ; But in the course of one revolving moon Was chymist, fiddler, statesman, and buffoon ; Then all for women, painting, rhyming, drinking, Besides ten thousand freaks that died in thinking.
Page 229 - Sagacious, bold, and turbulent of wit; Restless, unfixed in principles and place; In power unpleased, impatient of disgrace ; A fiery soul, which, working out its way, Fretted the pigmy body to decay, And o'er-informed the tenement of clay...