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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Strana 98
... particular , for I am fure I fhall not stand alone in my Judgment . I dare fay AMELIA will be pleased at my warm Defence of her favorite Poets , and pray tell her I fhall efteem her Approbation equal to the Applaufe of the French Aca ...
... particular , for I am fure I fhall not stand alone in my Judgment . I dare fay AMELIA will be pleased at my warm Defence of her favorite Poets , and pray tell her I fhall efteem her Approbation equal to the Applaufe of the French Aca ...
Strana 102
... to a Variety of Characters in Tragedy ; whereas ESOPUS was fuited only , by his fonorous full Voice and graver Action , to one particular Species of Charac- Characters . The Epithet gravis , ap- plied to Æsopus 102 LETTER XVI .
... to a Variety of Characters in Tragedy ; whereas ESOPUS was fuited only , by his fonorous full Voice and graver Action , to one particular Species of Charac- Characters . The Epithet gravis , ap- plied to Æsopus 102 LETTER XVI .
Strana 114
... particular Regard of Mankind , yet leaves them in Sufpence to decide which is moft lovely , the Deed of Goodness , or the Manner of perform- ing it . Without this happy Talent , Mu- nificence ftabs a Dagger into the Breast of those the ...
... particular Regard of Mankind , yet leaves them in Sufpence to decide which is moft lovely , the Deed of Goodness , or the Manner of perform- ing it . Without this happy Talent , Mu- nificence ftabs a Dagger into the Breast of those the ...
Strana 129
... particular , he took the Boy to his own beloved Seat of Retirement , and committed his Darling Charge to the Care of the NINE MUSES , and their Sifters the Heavenly GRACES . Here K Here EUDOXUS was inftructed , first how the Great ...
... particular , he took the Boy to his own beloved Seat of Retirement , and committed his Darling Charge to the Care of the NINE MUSES , and their Sifters the Heavenly GRACES . Here K Here EUDOXUS was inftructed , first how the Great ...
Strana 131
... particular Parts , the Bodies of Animals , and efpecially thofe of the human Race ; to discover the Causes of Pain and Dif- eafe , and by what Methods to restore them to their priftine Beauty and internal Harmony called Health , and to ...
... particular Parts , the Bodies of Animals , and efpecially thofe of the human Race ; to discover the Causes of Pain and Dif- eafe , and by what Methods to restore them to their priftine Beauty and internal Harmony called Health , and to ...
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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...