Letters Concerning Taste: To which are Added, Essays on Similar and Other Subjects ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 - 220 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 6
... Original : nor have they any primary Beauty in themselves , but derive their fhadowy Exiftence in a mimetic Tranfcript from Objects in the Material World , or from Paffions , Cha- racters , and Manners . Nevertheless that internal Senfe ...
... Original : nor have they any primary Beauty in themselves , but derive their fhadowy Exiftence in a mimetic Tranfcript from Objects in the Material World , or from Paffions , Cha- racters , and Manners . Nevertheless that internal Senfe ...
الصفحة 7
... Originals . If it should be asked why external Ob- jects affect the human Breast in this Mán- ner , I would answer , that the ALMIGHTY has in this , as well as in all his other Works , out of his abundant Goodness and Love to his ...
... Originals . If it should be asked why external Ob- jects affect the human Breast in this Mán- ner , I would answer , that the ALMIGHTY has in this , as well as in all his other Works , out of his abundant Goodness and Love to his ...
الصفحة 10
... Original of Beauty , fince it deadens the fiery Luftre of that penetrat- ing Organ I chufe to draw my Answer from the Schools of the antient EтнO- GRAPHI , who by their enchanting Art fo happily conveyed , thro ' the Sight , the Leffons ...
... Original of Beauty , fince it deadens the fiery Luftre of that penetrat- ing Organ I chufe to draw my Answer from the Schools of the antient EтнO- GRAPHI , who by their enchanting Art fo happily conveyed , thro ' the Sight , the Leffons ...
الصفحة 16
... original Structure and Formation of " the Place . For there is plenty of Ivy fhooting forth in " it , which flourishes and grows fo thick , that , like the generous and leafy Vine , it crawls up the Trunks of " tall Trees , and twisting ...
... original Structure and Formation of " the Place . For there is plenty of Ivy fhooting forth in " it , which flourishes and grows fo thick , that , like the generous and leafy Vine , it crawls up the Trunks of " tall Trees , and twisting ...
الصفحة 28
... his own Language , tho ' he fell infinitely fhort of them in his own original Compofitions , for want of that unconfirained Fire of Imagination which constitutes 1 constitutes the true Poet . Hence we may be 28 LETTER V.
... his own Language , tho ' he fell infinitely fhort of them in his own original Compofitions , for want of that unconfirained Fire of Imagination which constitutes 1 constitutes the true Poet . Hence we may be 28 LETTER V.
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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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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 24 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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!
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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...