Miscellaneous Works, 4. köideD.A. Talboys, 1830 |
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Page 41
... enter- taining to a traveller . It looks , at a distance , like a great town half floated by a deluge . There are canals everywhere crossing it , so that one may go to most houses either by land or water . This is a very great ...
... enter- taining to a traveller . It looks , at a distance , like a great town half floated by a deluge . There are canals everywhere crossing it , so that one may go to most houses either by land or water . This is a very great ...
Page 48
... enter into common discourse . They have such a different turn and polishing for poetical use , that they drop several of their letters , and appear in another form , when they come to be ranged in verse . For this reason the Italian ...
... enter into common discourse . They have such a different turn and polishing for poetical use , that they drop several of their letters , and appear in another form , when they come to be ranged in verse . For this reason the Italian ...
Page 49
... enter into every piece that comes on the stage , the Doctor , Harle- quin , Pantaloon , and Coviello . The doctor's charac- ter comprehends the whole extent of a pedant , that with a deep voice and magisterial air breaks in upon ...
... enter into every piece that comes on the stage , the Doctor , Harle- quin , Pantaloon , and Coviello . The doctor's charac- ter comprehends the whole extent of a pedant , that with a deep voice and magisterial air breaks in upon ...
Page 65
... enter but by election . The chief officers of the commonwealth are the two capitaneos , who have such a power as the old Roman consuls had , but are chosen every six months . I talked with some that had been capita- neos six or seven ...
... enter but by election . The chief officers of the commonwealth are the two capitaneos , who have such a power as the old Roman consuls had , but are chosen every six months . I talked with some that had been capita- neos six or seven ...
Page 69
... enter the Adriatic . It would , indeed , be an easy thing for a Christian prince to surprise it , who has ships still passing to and fro without suspicion , especially if he had a party in the town , disguised like pilgrims , to secure ...
... enter the Adriatic . It would , indeed , be an easy thing for a Christian prince to surprise it , who has ships still passing to and fro without suspicion , especially if he had a party in the town , disguised like pilgrims , to secure ...
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