Elements of CriticismConner & Cooke, 1833 - 504 strán (strany) |
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... present edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuc- cessful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be possessed of the thought before he can put it into words ,
... present edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether unsuc- cessful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be possessed of the thought before he can put it into words ,
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... others in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader , who can much better judge for himself . June , 1763 . EDITOR'S PREFACE . THE present edition of Lord Kames ' 4 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .
... others in that particular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader , who can much better judge for himself . June , 1763 . EDITOR'S PREFACE . THE present edition of Lord Kames ' 4 PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION .
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... present work ; as in all matters of practical utility , the only just judgment that can possibly be formed must necessarily rest on practical effects : and though he would be sorry to arrogate any superiority to himself , or to his own ...
... present work ; as in all matters of practical utility , the only just judgment that can possibly be formed must necessarily rest on practical effects : and though he would be sorry to arrogate any superiority to himself , or to his own ...
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... present time pursued in every well regulated female- school , both in this country and in Great Britain ; and as cases very rarely occur , in which young ladies are to be found with sufficient acquaintance with the ancient classics to ...
... present time pursued in every well regulated female- school , both in this country and in Great Britain ; and as cases very rarely occur , in which young ladies are to be found with sufficient acquaintance with the ancient classics to ...
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... present undertaking , which aspires not to morality , is , to examine the sensitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable , as well as those that are naturally disagreeable ; and by these means to ...
... present undertaking , which aspires not to morality , is , to examine the sensitive branch of human nature , to trace the objects that are naturally agreeable , as well as those that are naturally disagreeable ; and by these means to ...
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Strana 143 - All places that the eye of heaven visits Are to a wise man ports and happy havens : Teach thy necessity to reason thus ; There is no virtue like necessity.
Strana 371 - And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up, And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...
Strana 397 - There are a sort of men, whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond; And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, "I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark!
Strana 112 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Strana 445 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Strana 406 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Strana 405 - But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And know what 'tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope I blush, and hide my sword.
Strana 226 - I better brook the loss of brittle life Than those proud titles thou hast won of me ; They wound my thoughts worse than thy sword my flesh : But thought's the slave of life, and life time's fool ; And time, that takes survey of all the world, Must have a stop.
Strana 388 - Why, well : Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now ; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Strana 377 - Methought I heard a voice cry, Sleep no more ! Macbeth does murder sleep, the innocent sleep ; Sleep, that knits up the ravell'd sleave of care, The death of each day's life, sore labour's bath, Balm of hurt minds, great nature's second course, Chief nourisher in life's feast ;— Lady M.