The rising sun, by Cervantes Hogg, Volume 3 |
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Page 154
... thyself , it will apply as well to thee as to him . We advise thee , therefore , to read it , and carefully too , or thou may'st as well not read - it at all . CHAPTER XVI . PRINCE GEORGISHKAN , AND THE FAIRY PRUDENTIA 154 THE RISING SUN .
... thyself , it will apply as well to thee as to him . We advise thee , therefore , to read it , and carefully too , or thou may'st as well not read - it at all . CHAPTER XVI . PRINCE GEORGISHKAN , AND THE FAIRY PRUDENTIA 154 THE RISING SUN .
Page 155
... FAIRY PRUDENTIA , who was a friend to the king , was present at the birth of Prince Georgishkan ; and , taking him in her arms , thus addressed the joyful parents : " It is in my power to bestow upon the prince a beauteous face , a fine ...
... FAIRY PRUDENTIA , who was a friend to the king , was present at the birth of Prince Georgishkan ; and , taking him in her arms , thus addressed the joyful parents : " It is in my power to bestow upon the prince a beauteous face , a fine ...
Page 156
... fairy art ; it will , in an instant , not only discover to whoever looks in it , whether he be virtuous or vicious ; but it will distinguish between every degree of virtue or vice , as the image , which it reflects , will be more ...
... fairy art ; it will , in an instant , not only discover to whoever looks in it , whether he be virtuous or vicious ; but it will distinguish between every degree of virtue or vice , as the image , which it reflects , will be more ...
Page 157
... fairy had no sooner stept into the vehicle , than they skipped off with it into the higher re- gions , and the ceiling closed as perfect as ever . These gracious favours of the mighty Fairy Prudentia carried to its height the general ...
... fairy had no sooner stept into the vehicle , than they skipped off with it into the higher re- gions , and the ceiling closed as perfect as ever . These gracious favours of the mighty Fairy Prudentia carried to its height the general ...
Page 158
... Fairy Prudentia should forget her promise of watching over him ; but the King and Queen had too much confidence in her sincerity to dis- trust it . Prince Georgishkan had scarcely got rid of his preceptors before he engaged in an amour ...
... Fairy Prudentia should forget her promise of watching over him ; but the King and Queen had too much confidence in her sincerity to dis- trust it . Prince Georgishkan had scarcely got rid of his preceptors before he engaged in an amour ...
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Popular passages
Page 126 - Witch. Fillet of a fenny snake, In the cauldron boil and bake ; Eye of newt and toe of frog, Wool of bat and tongue of dog...
Page 54 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 127 - Root of hemlock digg'd i' the dark, Liver of blaspheming Jew, Gall of goat and slips of yew Slivered in the moon's eclipse, Nose of Turk and Tartar's lips, Finger of birth-strangled babe Ditch-deliver'd by a drab, Make the gruel thick and slab : Add thereto a tiger's chaudron, For the ingredients of our cauldron.
Page 95 - They err who count it glorious to subdue By conquest far and wide, to overrun Large countries, and in field great battles win, Great cities by assault : what do these worthies, But rob, and spoil, burn, slaughter, and enslave Peaceable nations...
Page 70 - Cover'd with feathers of all sorts of birds ; Would you not laugh, and think the painter mad ? Trust me that book is as ridiculous, Whose incoherent style, like sick men's dreams, Varies all shapes, and mixes all extremes.
Page 101 - Theosophically he describes it, by showing that " true Religion Is always mild, propitious and humble; Plays not the tyrant, plants no faith in blood, Nor bears destruction on her chariot wheels; But stoops to polish, succour and redress, And builds her grandeur on the public good.
Page 126 - Round about the cauldron go ; In the poison'd entrails throw.— Toad, that under the cold stone, Days and nights has thirty-one Swelter'd venom sleeping got, Boil thou first i
Page 140 - What do the damn'd endure, but to despair ? But knowing heaven, to know it lost for e'er.
Page 97 - ... time there would not be one living soul remaining, his joy was turned into grief, and he could not forbear weeping at the uncertainty and instability of human things. He might have found another subject of reflection, which would have more justly merited his tears and affliction, had he turned...
Page 95 - Peaceable nations, neighbouring or remote, Made captive, yet deserving freedom more Than those their conquerors, who leave behind Nothing but ruin wheresoe'er they rove, And all the flourishing works of peace destroy ; Then swell with pride, and must be titled gods, Great benefactors of mankind, deliverers...