Stultifera Navis; ...: The Modern Ship of FoolsW. Miller, 1807 - 295 Seiten |
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... king- dom , the situation of which is so characteristically depicted by Voltaire , that I cannot do better than quote his lines , for the reader's information . Devers la lune , où l'on tient que jadis , Etait placé des fous le paradis ...
... king- dom , the situation of which is so characteristically depicted by Voltaire , that I cannot do better than quote his lines , for the reader's information . Devers la lune , où l'on tient que jadis , Etait placé des fous le paradis ...
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... king's highway , Who Beth'lem's guest ‡ believe him by his chatter . Not only in conversation do these hermaphrodites prove that ex nihilo nihil fit , they have even sometimes the ef- frontery to set themselves up for men of literature ...
... king's highway , Who Beth'lem's guest ‡ believe him by his chatter . Not only in conversation do these hermaphrodites prove that ex nihilo nihil fit , they have even sometimes the ef- frontery to set themselves up for men of literature ...
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... kings have a peculiar itch for plunder , which they gratify in the following manner : sup- pose , for instance , that a stonemason be the warden , you will never fail to see a scaffolding around the steeple , for then the church needs ...
... kings have a peculiar itch for plunder , which they gratify in the following manner : sup- pose , for instance , that a stonemason be the warden , you will never fail to see a scaffolding around the steeple , for then the church needs ...
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... king's chamber , he took a nail and a hammer , and nailed his ear to the door . " The tale then proceeds to relate , that the cries of Fouribon reaching his mother , she flew to the portal ; when , in the hurry of opening it , to learn ...
... king's chamber , he took a nail and a hammer , and nailed his ear to the door . " The tale then proceeds to relate , that the cries of Fouribon reaching his mother , she flew to the portal ; when , in the hurry of opening it , to learn ...
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... King Henry VIII . was very much addicted to passion , and was the first per- son who swore by God's wounds , now vulgarly termed zounds , In one of these fits of rage , he so far incensed Queen Eli- zabeth , that she ordered him into ...
... King Henry VIII . was very much addicted to passion , and was the first per- son who swore by God's wounds , now vulgarly termed zounds , In one of these fits of rage , he so far incensed Queen Eli- zabeth , that she ordered him into ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 12 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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!
Seite 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...
Seite xx - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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.