The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volumes 1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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Page 107
... less than one talent and a half . Upon these tiles he placed a lion of pure gold , which weighed ten talents . sent also two large cisterns , one of gold , and one of silver , the statue of a woman , in solid gold , three cubits high ...
... less than one talent and a half . Upon these tiles he placed a lion of pure gold , which weighed ten talents . sent also two large cisterns , one of gold , and one of silver , the statue of a woman , in solid gold , three cubits high ...
Page 108
... less famous for having made a representation of himself in brass , which must ever be considered as a prodigious effort of genius . - The statue was ac- knowledged to be a strong resemblance of the artist . He held in his right hand a ...
... less famous for having made a representation of himself in brass , which must ever be considered as a prodigious effort of genius . - The statue was ac- knowledged to be a strong resemblance of the artist . He held in his right hand a ...
Page 116
... less dare I pronounce judg- ment on the price of the Petrarch ; of which , however , Mr. Beloe has given us some account in his ' Anecdotes of scarce books . ' A celebrated literary character once informed me , that a bibliographical ...
... less dare I pronounce judg- ment on the price of the Petrarch ; of which , however , Mr. Beloe has given us some account in his ' Anecdotes of scarce books . ' A celebrated literary character once informed me , that a bibliographical ...
Page 131
... less a sum than one thousand and six talents to provide the artificers who constructed the great pyramid with the radishes , onions and garlic they consumed in the progress of the work what then must have been the whole amount of what ...
... less a sum than one thousand and six talents to provide the artificers who constructed the great pyramid with the radishes , onions and garlic they consumed in the progress of the work what then must have been the whole amount of what ...
Page 134
... less to vindicate that country which pro- duced a Cæsar and a Virgil , a Cicero and a Tacitus . Yet is it not strange to tell , that Rome affords no example of a rival of Apelles , or competitor with Praxiteles . The proud and lofty ...
... less to vindicate that country which pro- duced a Cæsar and a Virgil , a Cicero and a Tacitus . Yet is it not strange to tell , that Rome affords no example of a rival of Apelles , or competitor with Praxiteles . The proud and lofty ...
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Page 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Page 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Page 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Page 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Page 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Page 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Page 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Page 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Page 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Page 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.