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" Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to appear, at certain seasons, in the form of a foul and poisonous snake. Those who injured her during the period of her disguise, were forever excluded... "
Parliamentary Papers - Page 493
by Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1878
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New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 110

Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth, William Ainsworth - 1857 - 522 pages
...article on Croker's Bos« ell). Or perhaps it is an allusion to some episode in Ariosto — as " that pretty story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law...seasons in the form of a foul and poisonous snake"— (Essay on Milton)— used to illustrate the at a tangent — instead of being developed or carried...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pages
...miserable sophisms were to prevail, there would never be a good house or a good government in the world. ~ D] \ (; _ ,9 c < A3 u G + Jv n ln h y r... ] ` ' 蘪+ H ɪѬ \ XR KHҢ Ԗ [ r ; ( z A + forever excluded from participation in the blessings which she bestowed. Bui to those who, in spite...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 768 pages
...be a good house or a good government in the world. Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, bj some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to...snake. Those who injured her during the period of her dis* guise, were forever excluded from participa» tion in the blessings which she bestowed. But to...
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Life of Milton

David Masson - 1860 - 282 pages
...miserable sophisms were to prevail, there would never be a good house or a good government in the world. Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some...injured her during the period of her disguise, were forever excluded from participation in the blessings which she bestowed. But to those who, in spite...
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1860 - 820 pages
...good house or a good government in the world. Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by «ome mysterious law of her nature, was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the Я form of a foul and poisonous snake. Those who injured her during the period of her disguise, were...
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Advanced Course of Composition and Rhetoric: A Series of Practical Lessons ...

George Payn Quackenbos - 1861 - 468 pages
...admirable introduction for the subject, " Liberty to be cherished, under whatever form it may appear":— " Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some...and poisonous snake. Those who injured her during this period of her disguise were forever excluded from participation in the blessings she bestowed....
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Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous

Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1861 - 752 pages
...miserable sophisms were to- prevail, there would never be a good house or a good government in the world. Creation of that por« lentous bore, Sir Richard...dialect, a barren rascal. Churchill was a blockhead. The 2 form of a foul and poisonous snake. Those who injured her during the period of her disguise, were...
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Secession in Switzerland and in the United States Compared: Being the Annual ...

John Watts De Peyster - 1863 - 84 pages
...neither discourage nor disgust thinking men. "LIBERTY," says MACAULAY " resembles the Fairy of Ariosto who, by some mysterious law of her nature, was condemned...injured her during the period of her disguise, were forever excluded from participation in the blessings which she bestowed. But to those who, in spite...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise: Les contemporains

Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 516 pages
...parle de la cause qu'il aime, dès qu'il voit se lever devant lui la Liberté, l'Humanité et la 1. Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some...condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foui and poisonous snake. Those who injured her during the period of his disguise were for ever excluded...
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Histoire de la littérature anglaise: Les contemporains

Hippolyte Taine - 1864 - 514 pages
...parle de la cause qu'il aime, dès qu il voit se lever devant lui la Liberté, l'Humanité et la 1. Ariosto tells a pretty story of a fairy, who, by some mysterious law of ber nature, was condemned to appear at certain seasons in the form of a foui and poisonous snake. Those...
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