Letters Concerning Taste: To which are Added, Essays on Similar and Other Subjects ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 - 220 strán (strany) |
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... himself , has placed above our limited Capacities , demand bow he has fo formed us , I should refer them , with proper Con- tempt , to their more aged Brethren , who may justly in Derifion be stiled the Philo- Sophers of ultimate Causes ...
... himself , has placed above our limited Capacities , demand bow he has fo formed us , I should refer them , with proper Con- tempt , to their more aged Brethren , who may justly in Derifion be stiled the Philo- Sophers of ultimate Causes ...
Strana 9
... of Nature . This the ancient Grecian Artists would have repre- fented mythologically in Painting by the GRACES Crowning VENUS . We find how much LELY has availed himself in his fhadowy Creations of I much To the Same P.
... of Nature . This the ancient Grecian Artists would have repre- fented mythologically in Painting by the GRACES Crowning VENUS . We find how much LELY has availed himself in his fhadowy Creations of I much To the Same P.
Strana 10
... himself in his fhadowy Creations of tranfcribing from Life this adventitious Charm into all his Portraits . I mean , when he ftole upon his animated Canvas , as POPE poetically expreffes it , " The fleepy Eye that spoke the melting Soul ...
... himself in his fhadowy Creations of tranfcribing from Life this adventitious Charm into all his Portraits . I mean , when he ftole upon his animated Canvas , as POPE poetically expreffes it , " The fleepy Eye that spoke the melting Soul ...
Strana 18
... of Vandervelt's Storms to amuse himself with ; and the Eyes of those who are ennobled by filial Piety and the de- lightful Sympathy of Pity , will drop a Tear Tear of Pleasure over your Roman Cha- rity . If 18 LETTER III .
... of Vandervelt's Storms to amuse himself with ; and the Eyes of those who are ennobled by filial Piety and the de- lightful Sympathy of Pity , will drop a Tear Tear of Pleasure over your Roman Cha- rity . If 18 LETTER III .
Strana 23
... himself entirely up to the Cultivation of the Arts he profeffed . Notwithstanding , all his Actions were blameless , nay rather commendable , when examined only by the Rules of Mo- ral Rectitude ; yet wanting that Ease and gentle ...
... himself entirely up to the Cultivation of the Arts he profeffed . Notwithstanding , all his Actions were blameless , nay rather commendable , when examined only by the Rules of Mo- ral Rectitude ; yet wanting that Ease and gentle ...
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Admiration againſt AGATHOCLES ancient arifes ARISTUS attend Beauty behold bleffed Cauſes Charms Chimæras cœleftial Compofitions Converfation CORINTHIAN Order dare fay defcend defcribed Defcription Defires delightful DEMOCRITUS divine elegant EUDOXUS EUPHEMIUS Eyes faid Faithful Shepherdess fame Fancy feemed feve fhall fhewed fhould fince firft firſt fome foon ftill fuch fuperior fure Genius Grace greateſt Happineſs happy Heart himſelf Hiſtory human Iliad Imagination Imitation Inftruction ingenious itſelf JOVIANUS PONTANUS juft laſt lefs LETTER Love Mankind manner Mind moft moral moſt muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Number Nymph Obfervation Objects Occafion OVID Paffages paffed Paffions Philofophy pleafing Pleaſure Poet Poetry Pow'r Power Precepts prefent raiſe Reaſon refpective reft Repreſentation reſt Roscius Senfe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Soul Species ſpoke ſtill STROZZA Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tion Tranflation Truth Underſtanding uſed utmoſt Virtue whilft whofe whoſe Wiſdom Wiſhes Youth
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Strana 128 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Strana 193 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Strana 37 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Strana 24 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
Strana 126 - And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.
Strana 38 - Attentive turn ; from dim oblivion call Her fleet, ideal band ; and bid them, go ! Break through Time's barrier, and o'ertake the hour That saw the heavens created : then declare If aught were found in those external scenes To move thy wonder now.
Strana 51 - When first with fresh-born vigour he inhales The balmy breeze, and feels the blessed sun Warm at his bosom, from the springs of life Chasing oppressive damps and languid pain!
Strana 14 - Were destin'd ; some within a finer mould She wrought, and temper'd with a purer flame. To these the Sire omnipotent unfolds The world's harmonious volume, there to read The transcript of himself.
Strana 24 - What need words To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove...
Strana 17 - Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice...