Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 страници |
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... consequence transferred by a copious wig to the physiognomy of the wearer is never more strik- ingly exemplified than in Westminster Hall , where the tiers of benches are certainly crowded with wigs on blocks ; for out of the number of ...
... consequence transferred by a copious wig to the physiognomy of the wearer is never more strik- ingly exemplified than in Westminster Hall , where the tiers of benches are certainly crowded with wigs on blocks ; for out of the number of ...
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... consequence of office , but also the refinements of educa- tion , and the suaviter in modo , which arises from an inter- course with polished society . These petty parish kings have a peculiar itch for plunder , which they gratify in ...
... consequence of office , but also the refinements of educa- tion , and the suaviter in modo , which arises from an inter- course with polished society . These petty parish kings have a peculiar itch for plunder , which they gratify in ...
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... consequences . In sacred writ , even the command of Heaven was not sufficient to allay this desire : as the wife of Lot , for her folly and punishment , testifies . And , according to the fable of the ancients , Orpheus , the re- nowned ...
... consequences . In sacred writ , even the command of Heaven was not sufficient to allay this desire : as the wife of Lot , for her folly and punishment , testifies . And , according to the fable of the ancients , Orpheus , the re- nowned ...
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... consequence of which he embarked for Ire land , when the vessel was lost , and Cibber drowned ; but , that we may not confine ourselves to fools of so late a pe- riod , we need only refer to the history of Pasipha , queen of Crete , who ...
... consequence of which he embarked for Ire land , when the vessel was lost , and Cibber drowned ; but , that we may not confine ourselves to fools of so late a pe- riod , we need only refer to the history of Pasipha , queen of Crete , who ...
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... consequence sent a message to indicate her pleasure , which happened to be at the momentous period of the threatened invasion of England by the Spaniards ; upon which Sir John having recourse to his accustomed oath , vowed that she only ...
... consequence sent a message to indicate her pleasure , which happened to be at the momentous period of the threatened invasion of England by the Spaniards ; upon which Sir John having recourse to his accustomed oath , vowed that she only ...
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aëre Alexander Barclay Alice Pearce bard bells boast brain Canst thou cause certainly CHORUS TO FOOLS common sense conceived Crowds flock dame death decency disgrace display doth ev'ry exclaim eyes fam'd fame famous fashion feel folly FOOLISH fortune frequently give Goddess of Fools gold harlot's hath head hear Heaven honour Horace human idiot instance irreligion John Perrot justly King L'ENVOY labour ladle lady laugh lines live Lord mind nature naught ne'er never noble o'er pain passion pleasure POET POET'S CHORUS Praise of Folly present prove quod rage Rara Avis reader reason respect score scorn SECTION Shakspeare shame Ship of Fools smile SOLOMON speaking species stanza Stultifera Navis thee thine thing thro thyself tion tongue trim the boat truth vice Voltaire votaries wear wearers wisdom wise words youth
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Страница 12 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Страница 133 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Страница 196 - All murder'd: for within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king Keeps Death his court, and there the antic sits, Scoffing his state and grinning at his pomp...
Страница 245 - Though I look old, yet I am strong and lusty: For in my youth I never did apply Hot and rebellious liquors in my blood; Nor did not with unbashful forehead woo The means of weakness and debility; Therefore my age is as a lusty winter, Frosty, but kindly: let me go with you; I'll do the service of a younger man In all your business and necessities.
Страница 164 - ... we make guilty of our disasters, the sun, the moon, and the stars : as if we were villains by necessity; fools, by heavenly compulsion; knaves, thieves, and treachers, by spherical predominance; drunkards, liars, and adulterers, by an enforced obedience of planetary influence; and all that we are evil in, by a divine thrusting on : An admirable evasion of whore-master man, to lay his goatish disposition to the charge of a star!
Страница 164 - This is the excellent foppery of the world, that, when we are sick in fortune, — often the surfeit of our own behaviour, — we make guilty of our disasters the sun, the moon, and the stars...
Страница xx - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Страница 207 - My liege, I did deny no prisoners. But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly dress'd, Fresh as a bridegroom ; and his chin, new reap'd, Show'd like a stubble-land at harvest-home ; He was perfumed like a milliner ; And 'twixt his finger and his thumb he held A pouncet-box...
Страница 196 - For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground And tell sad stories of the death of kings : How some have been depos'd; some slain in war...
Страница 171 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend.