A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; and sold, 1757 - 76 páginas |
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... writer of Imitation . " You are fometimes curi- ous to know what these coincidencies are , and have thought that an ... exact fcrutiny of the most original and " moft imitative writers . " a And , with all your par- DISC . on POET ...
... writer of Imitation . " You are fometimes curi- ous to know what these coincidencies are , and have thought that an ... exact fcrutiny of the most original and " moft imitative writers . " a And , with all your par- DISC . on POET ...
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... writers . To begin with fuch confiderations as are most GENERAL . I. An identity of the fubject - matter of poetry ... exact conformity of the matter will evince an imitation , Descriptive poets have been ever fond of lavishing all the ...
... writers . To begin with fuch confiderations as are most GENERAL . I. An identity of the fubject - matter of poetry ... exact conformity of the matter will evince an imitation , Descriptive poets have been ever fond of lavishing all the ...
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... writers have help'd to make known to us , let me juft obferve one thing , to our prefent purpose , of those Italian writers ... direct evidence for this conclufion . Taffo fays of himself , and he applauds the fame thing in Petrarch , " Leffi ...
... writers have help'd to make known to us , let me juft obferve one thing , to our prefent purpose , of those Italian writers ... direct evidence for this conclufion . Taffo fays of himself , and he applauds the fame thing in Petrarch , " Leffi ...
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... exact writers , when of their own proper invention ) the suspicion grows ftill ftronger . I just glanc'd at an inftance of this fort in Milton's curl'd grove . But there are others ftill more remarkable . Shall I pre- fume for once to ...
... exact writers , when of their own proper invention ) the suspicion grows ftill ftronger . I just glanc'd at an inftance of this fort in Milton's curl'd grove . But there are others ftill more remarkable . Shall I pre- fume for once to ...
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... writer cafually or defignedly imitates ; that is , whether he copies another ... direct and intended imi- tation . But as we are looking at present only for ... writer himfelf , is not material , ' Tis true , this obfervation is ...
... writer cafually or defignedly imitates ; that is , whether he copies another ... direct and intended imi- tation . But as we are looking at present only for ... writer himfelf , is not material , ' Tis true , this obfervation is ...
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A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of Imitation Richard Hurd,William Mason Visualização completa - 1757 |
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Página 30 - Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd or difabus'd; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd: The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world...
Página 17 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Página 55 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk...
Página 7 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Página 43 - Bear me, some god ! oh quickly bear me hence To wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense ; Where Contemplation prunes her ruffled wings, And the free soul looks down to pity kings ! There sober thought pursued th' amusing theme, Till fancy colour'd it, and form'da dream.
Página 43 - Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd.
Página 33 - Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Defcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw its fires here rife, and there...
Página 23 - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Página 20 - To lie in coldobftruftion, and to rot ; This fenfible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted fpirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Página 13 - All muft be falfe that thwart this One great End ; And all of God, that blefs Mankind or mend.