Poetical Works, Zväzok 1W. Porter, 1785 |
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Strana 12
... seem'd to tower , And pafs the limits of the pencil's power . Ye fons of art , tho ' on the gulph of years , No floating relict of your toil appears , Yet glory fhews , in every cultur'd clime , Your name ftill radiant thro ' the clouds ...
... seem'd to tower , And pafs the limits of the pencil's power . Ye fons of art , tho ' on the gulph of years , No floating relict of your toil appears , Yet glory fhews , in every cultur'd clime , Your name ftill radiant thro ' the clouds ...
Strana 93
... seem to blefs , From low purfuits , which little minds poffefs , To Nature's nobleft aim , the Succour of Diftrefs ! Taught by that God , in Mercy's robe , Who his cœleftial throne refign'd , To free the prifon of the globe From vice ...
... seem to blefs , From low purfuits , which little minds poffefs , To Nature's nobleft aim , the Succour of Diftrefs ! Taught by that God , in Mercy's robe , Who his cœleftial throne refign'd , To free the prifon of the globe From vice ...
Strana 105
... Seems to look down difdainful , and deride The poor , the pigmy toils of modern Pride ; In the close covert of those gloomy cells , Where early Magic fram'd her venal spells , Combining priests , from many an ancient tale , Wove for ...
... Seems to look down difdainful , and deride The poor , the pigmy toils of modern Pride ; In the close covert of those gloomy cells , Where early Magic fram'd her venal spells , Combining priests , from many an ancient tale , Wove for ...
Strana 122
... Seems , O FROISSART ! to this enlighten'd age . Proud of their fpirit , in thy writings fhewn , Fair Faith and Honour mark thee for their own ; Tho ' oft the dupe of those delufive times , Thy Genius , fofter'd with romantic rhymes ...
... Seems , O FROISSART ! to this enlighten'd age . Proud of their fpirit , in thy writings fhewn , Fair Faith and Honour mark thee for their own ; Tho ' oft the dupe of those delufive times , Thy Genius , fofter'd with romantic rhymes ...
Strana 190
... seems to me ftill neceffary to add a few lines more concern- ing the character both of the Hiftorian and the Poet.- A long feries of French Critics , to whom even the judi- cious Bayle has been tempted to give credit , have fe- verely ...
... seems to me ftill neceffary to add a few lines more concern- ing the character both of the Hiftorian and the Poet.- A long feries of French Critics , to whom even the judi- cious Bayle has been tempted to give credit , have fe- verely ...
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addreffed æther bafe beauty bleft bofom breaſt bright celebrated cenfure charms compofition defign defire delight difplay earth enchanting facred faid fair fame Fancy fays fcene fecret feems fhall fhew fink fire firft firſt fmile foft fome fond foon foul fpeaks fpirit fpread fprings Froiffart ftill ftrong fubject fublime fuch fullen fweet fwelling Genius glory grace Guife heart Hiftorian Hiftory himſelf honour juft juftly King laft lefs Livy Lodovico Caracci Love luftre lyre Maid mind moft moſt Mufe muſt nobler NOTE Nymph o'er obferve OLORUS paffage paffion pafs painter Painting pencil pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch praife praiſe prefent pride raiſe reign rife rofe ſcene SERENA ſhe ſkill SOPHROSYNE ſpeak Spleen Sprite ſtate ſtill ſweet Tacitus tender thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thro Thucydides Titian toils Truth vafe verfe VERSE vifit virtue whofe whoſe youth
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Strana 9 - The youth to exile from his faithful fair, He in fond dreams hangs o'er her glowing cheek, Still owns her prefent, and...
Strana 195 - GiRARD, fecretary to this duke, and no contemptible biographer , relates, that this hiftory came down to the place where the old man refided in Gafcony, a little before his death; that he read it to him, that the duke confirmed the truth of the narrations in it, and feemed only furprifed by what means the author could be fo well informed of the moft fecret councils and meafures of thofe times.
Strana 132 - And give falfe vigour to the weaker caufe; To paint a fpecious fcene with niceft art, Retouch the whole, and...
Strana 149 - Tho' keen her fpirit, her attachment fond, Bafe fervice cannot fuit with Friendship's bond ; Too firm from Duty's facred path to turn, 375 She breathes an honeft figh of deep concern, And pities Genius, when his wild career Gives Faith a wound, or Innocence a fear. Humility...
Strana 129 - And made the intereft of mankind her care ; Pleas'd her grave brow with garlands to adorn, And from the rofe of Knowledge ftrip the thorn. THY lively Eloquence, in profe,. in verfe, Still keenly bright, and elegantly terfe, 355.
Strana 218 - ... as the face of one well disposed. But it was to the disadvantage of the painter, for it was best when he spake. His worth may bear a tale or two, that may put upon him somewhat that may seem divine. When the Lady Margaret his mother had divers great suitors for marriage...
Strana 8 - Difpels the cloud, with melancholy fraught, That abfence throws upon her tender thought. Bleft be the pencil ! whofe enchantment gives To wounded Love the food on which he lives. Rich in this gift, tho...
Strana 43 - Dibutades, a potter of Sicyon, first formed likenesses in clay at Corinth, but was indebted to his daughter for the invention — The girl, being in love with a young man who was soon going from her into some remote country, traced out the lines of his face from his shadow on the wall by candle-light Her father filling up the lines with clay formed a bust, and hardened it in the fire with the rest of his earthen ware.
Strana 144 - It may in ruder periods ; but in thofe, Where all the luxury of Learning flows, To Truth's plain fare no palate will fubmit, Each reader grows an Epicure in Wit ; And Knowledge muft his nicer tafte beguile 225 With all the poignant charms of Attic ftyle.
Strana 233 - I fear most ineffectually) for powers to unite some touches of the sportive wildness of Ariosto, and the more serious sublime painting of Dante, with some portion of the enchanting elegance, the refined imagination, and the moral graces of Pope ; and to do this, if possible, without violating those rules of propriety which Mr.