Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum, Zväzok 2W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776 |
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Strana xi
... advantage , which had been fo'fortunately gained on the one hand , was , in great mea- fure , loft and forfeited on the other . He had foftened indeed the severity of Ariftotle's plan ; but , in doing this , had gone back again too far ...
... advantage , which had been fo'fortunately gained on the one hand , was , in great mea- fure , loft and forfeited on the other . He had foftened indeed the severity of Ariftotle's plan ; but , in doing this , had gone back again too far ...
Strana 4
... advantage into his argument ; which was to obferve and expofe " the " malignant influence of prepoffeffion , in obftructing " the proper glories of living merit . " So that , as good fenfe demands in every reasonable panegyric , the ...
... advantage into his argument ; which was to obferve and expofe " the " malignant influence of prepoffeffion , in obftructing " the proper glories of living merit . " So that , as good fenfe demands in every reasonable panegyric , the ...
Strana 7
... advantage of " their old ones : who had no knowledge of writing , " as . n art , or , if they had , took but small care to put " it in practice . " Further , this plea of antiquity is as uncertain in its application , as it was ...
... advantage of " their old ones : who had no knowledge of writing , " as . n art , or , if they had , took but small care to put " it in practice . " Further , this plea of antiquity is as uncertain in its application , as it was ...
Strana 8
... advantage . For the popular contempt of modern compofition , shelter- ing itself under a fhew of learned admiration of the antients , whofe age and reputation had made them truly venerable , and whofe genuine merits , in the main ...
... advantage . For the popular contempt of modern compofition , shelter- ing itself under a fhew of learned admiration of the antients , whofe age and reputation had made them truly venerable , and whofe genuine merits , in the main ...
Strana 9
... advantages of thofe moderns to be diftinctly shewn , or , which comes to the fame , the comparative deficiencies of the antients to be pointed out . These were not to be diffembled , and are , as he openly infifts Si quaedam nimis ...
... advantages of thofe moderns to be diftinctly shewn , or , which comes to the fame , the comparative deficiencies of the antients to be pointed out . These were not to be diffembled , and are , as he openly infifts Si quaedam nimis ...
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Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum: With an ..., Zväzok 2 Horace Úplné zobrazenie - 1766 |
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abfurdity action addrefs admiration adparent affections againſt alfo almoſt antients atque becauſe befides beft beſt cafe cenfure character cife circumftance comedy comic COMMENTARY compofition confideration confifts courſe critic criticiſm defign dicere diftinct drama effential epiftle eſpecially expreffion exprefs faid fame farce fatire fcene feems fenfe fentiment ferious ferve feveral fhew fhewn fhould firſt folemn fome fpeaking fpecies fpirit ftage ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fure furniſhed genius Greek hath himſelf honour Horace humour idea inftance inftruct intereft itſelf juft juſt learned leaſt lefs Lucilius manners meaſure merit modern moft moſt muft muſt nature numbers obferved occafion Pacuvius paffion perfons Plautus pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poet's poetry pofe POLYGNOTUS praiſe prefent profe purpoſe quod racter reader reaſon reprefented repreſentation reſpect ridicule Roman ſcene ſenſe ſpeak ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tragedy underſtand uſe Virgil whofe words writers
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Strana 155 - But Italy, reviving from the trance Of Vandal, Goth, and Monkish ignorance, With pauses, cadence, and well-vowell'd words, And all the graces a good ear affords, Made rhyme an art, and Dante's polish'd page Restored a silver, not a golden age.
Strana 135 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Strana 3 - ... notaque fatali portenta labore subegit, comperit invidiam supremo fine domari. urit enim fulgore suo, qui praegravat artis infra se positas: extinctus amabitur idem. 15 praesenti tibi maturos largimur honores iurandasque tuum per numen ponimus aras, nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes.
Strana 138 - ... them as throws the difcourfe out of the ordinary and common phrafe of converfation. Novelty and variety are certain fources of pleafure: a...
Strana 188 - ... portraits of this vicious taste are the admiration of common starers, who, if they find a picture of a miser for instance (as there is no commoner subject of moral portraits) in a collection, where every muscle is strained, and feature hardened into the expression of this idea, never fail to profess their wonder and approbation of it. — On this idea of excellence, Le Brun's book of the PASSIONS...
Strana 44 - ... for its novelty, preferable to the fublimer, but trite, themes of the Greek writers. Not but he intended, on fome future occafion, to adorn a nobler fubjeft.
Strana 74 - ... be taken in a different sense when it is joined with one of the things, from what it has in conjunction with the other.
Strana 245 - And lastly, his style in picturing characters, though masterly, was without that elegance of hand, which is required to correct and allay the force of so bold a colouring. Thus, the biass of his nature leading him to Plautus rather than Terence for his model, it is not to be wondered that his wit is too frequently caustic ; his raillery coarse ; and his humour excessive.
Strana 6 - Scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit inter Perfectos veteresque referri debet, an inter Viles atque novos? Excludat jurgia finis. Est vetus atque probus centum qui perficit annos.
Strana 82 - FATA Nepotum. This idea then of the sacred shield, the guard and glory of Rome, and on which, in this advanced situation, depended the fame and fortune of his country, the poet, with extreme elegance and sublimity, transfers to the shield which guarded their great progenitor, while he was laying the first foundations of the Roman Empire.