The Works of the English Poets: AkensideH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... most exquifite pleasures with which we are acquainted , it has naturally happened that men of warm and fenfible tempers have fought means to recall the delightful perceptions which they afford , indepen- dent of the object which ...
... most exquifite pleasures with which we are acquainted , it has naturally happened that men of warm and fenfible tempers have fought means to recall the delightful perceptions which they afford , indepen- dent of the object which ...
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... this concurrence . Befides which , the imitative arts , especially poetry , owe much of their effect to a fimi- lar exhibition of properties quite foreign to the imagination , infomuch that in every line of the most imagi- THE DESIGN .
... this concurrence . Befides which , the imitative arts , especially poetry , owe much of their effect to a fimi- lar exhibition of properties quite foreign to the imagination , infomuch that in every line of the most imagi- THE DESIGN .
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Samuel Johnson. imagination , infomuch that in every line of the most applauded poems , we meet with either ideas drawn from the external fenfes , or truths difcovered to the understanding , or illuftrations of contrivance and final ...
Samuel Johnson. imagination , infomuch that in every line of the most applauded poems , we meet with either ideas drawn from the external fenfes , or truths difcovered to the understanding , or illuftrations of contrivance and final ...
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... most per- fect of modern poets , who has fo happily applied this manner to the nobleft parts of philofophy , that the public taste is in a great measure formed to it alone . Yet , after all , the fubject before us , tending almost ...
... most per- fect of modern poets , who has fo happily applied this manner to the nobleft parts of philofophy , that the public taste is in a great measure formed to it alone . Yet , after all , the fubject before us , tending almost ...
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... most peculiar ends Are lame and fruitlefs ? Or did nature mean This pleafing call the herald of a lye ; To hide the fhame of difcord and disease , And catch with fair hypocrify the heart 345- 350 355 Of Of idle faith ? O no ! with ...
... most peculiar ends Are lame and fruitlefs ? Or did nature mean This pleafing call the herald of a lye ; To hide the fhame of difcord and disease , And catch with fair hypocrify the heart 345- 350 355 Of Of idle faith ? O no ! with ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
againſt Amalthea ancient arms arts awful bards beauty behold bloom bofom breaſt breath Britiſh caufe cauſe charms Corycian dæmon delight divine dwell earth Edonian eternal facred fair faithful fame fancy fate fcene fcorn feat fecret fenfe fhade fhall fhame fhould filent fire firft firſt flame flaves fmiles focial folemn fome fong fons foon foul fpirit fprings freedom friendſhip ftill ftreams fublime fuch fway fweet genius glory grove hand haply hath heart heaven himſelf honour hour hymn Imaüs immortal itſelf laſt laws lefs lyre meaſure Megacles mind moft mortal moſt Mufe Naiads nature nature's nobler Nymphs o'er paffions Pentheus Pindar pleafing pleaſing pleaſure pomp praiſe purſue reafon ridiculous rife ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhe ſky ſmiles ſpeak ſtate ſteps ſtill ſtrain Tethys thee thefe Theogony theſe things thofe thoſe thou throne toil tongue treaſures truth virtue voice whofe whoſe Wiſdom youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 29 - 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...
Seite 309 - Possess'd ; and satiate with the melting tone: Sovereign of birds. The furious god of war, His darts forgetting, and the winged wheels That bear him vengeful o'er the embattled plain, Relents, and soothes his own fierce heart to ease, Most welcome ease.
Seite 15 - Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves, Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold, And clear autumnal skies and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Seite 80 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground. When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air. And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.
Seite 80 - SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war. But WALLER longs...
Seite 116 - Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of heaven ; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time...
Seite 243 - Presents her tuneful sons to Time, So mark thou Milton's name ; And add, " Thus differs from the throng The spirit which inform'd thy awful song, Which bade thy potent voice protect thy country's fame.
Seite 74 - O'er these mixt treasures of his pregnant breast, With conscious pride. From them he oft resolves To frame he knows not what excelling things ; And win he knows not what sublime reward Of praise and wonder.
Seite 326 - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
Seite 326 - O stranger, thou art come Glowing with Churchill's trophies; yet in vain Dost thou applaud them if thy breast be cold To him, this other hero; who, in times Dark and untaught, began with charming verse To tame the rudeness of his native land.