Letters Concerning Taste: To which are Added, Essays on Similar and Other Subjects ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 - 220 páginas |
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... whose " Warblings take the Ear of Paffengers , and cheat the " Labours of their Way through it . On the Banks of " the Peneus , on either Side , are difperfed irregularly , " thofe refting Places , before fpoken of ; while the River ...
... whose " Warblings take the Ear of Paffengers , and cheat the " Labours of their Way through it . On the Banks of " the Peneus , on either Side , are difperfed irregularly , " thofe refting Places , before fpoken of ; while the River ...
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... whose Works do not shadow forth , by this Ana- logy , the general Caft of their Moral Conduct * . HOMER , we are told by * VOLTAIRE has the following remarkable Paffage concerning the Character and Writings of the Cardinal De the the ...
... whose Works do not shadow forth , by this Ana- logy , the general Caft of their Moral Conduct * . HOMER , we are told by * VOLTAIRE has the following remarkable Paffage concerning the Character and Writings of the Cardinal De the the ...
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... whose modeft Majesty in private Life bore fo great a Refem- blance to all his Compofitions . But Monf . DE PILES , the ingenious Author of the Lives of the Painters , will furnish us with fome remarkable Examples to this Pur- pofe . I ...
... whose modeft Majesty in private Life bore fo great a Refem- blance to all his Compofitions . But Monf . DE PILES , the ingenious Author of the Lives of the Painters , will furnish us with fome remarkable Examples to this Pur- pofe . I ...
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... a Collection of Odes published a few Years ago by Mr. WILLIAM COLLINS , whose neglected Genius will hereafter be both an Honour and a Difgrace to our Na- tion . Perhaps Perhaps you will here turn a former Re- mark of LETTER 47 VII .
... a Collection of Odes published a few Years ago by Mr. WILLIAM COLLINS , whose neglected Genius will hereafter be both an Honour and a Difgrace to our Na- tion . Perhaps Perhaps you will here turn a former Re- mark of LETTER 47 VII .
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... whose chief Aim , it seems , was to excel Nature , most artfully catched upon an Eminence , in a round Bafon turned by a pair of Com- paffes , or more properly a large Rain- water Cistern of ten Acres , the imprisoned Contributions of ...
... whose chief Aim , it seems , was to excel Nature , most artfully catched upon an Eminence , in a round Bafon turned by a pair of Com- paffes , or more properly a large Rain- water Cistern of ten Acres , the imprisoned Contributions of ...
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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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Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 24 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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!
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...