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 10
... particular Cir- cumftance of a fingle Feature to Truth ; Or rather triumphantly pufh the Argu- ment farther , and fay , Is not this additional Charm , as you call it , inconfiftent with the Divine Original of Beauty , fince it deadens ...
... particular Cir- cumftance of a fingle Feature to Truth ; Or rather triumphantly pufh the Argu- ment farther , and fay , Is not this additional Charm , as you call it , inconfiftent with the Divine Original of Beauty , fince it deadens ...
الصفحة 33
... particular Paffages from a Poet is not a certain Method , nor a fair one , of forming a proper Estimate of his ge- neral Excellence , yet as you fo ftrongly urge these two , with an Air of Triumph , to be the Inspiration of Caftalian ...
... particular Paffages from a Poet is not a certain Method , nor a fair one , of forming a proper Estimate of his ge- neral Excellence , yet as you fo ftrongly urge these two , with an Air of Triumph , to be the Inspiration of Caftalian ...
الصفحة 58
... particular Day of the Week , which the indulgent Owner fets apart for that Purpose , to gaze with open - mouthed Astonishment at the superb fuperb Nothing of this unmeaning Struc- ture . MUCIO's Palace 58 IX . LETTER.
... particular Day of the Week , which the indulgent Owner fets apart for that Purpose , to gaze with open - mouthed Astonishment at the superb fuperb Nothing of this unmeaning Struc- ture . MUCIO's Palace 58 IX . LETTER.
الصفحة 67
... particular Paffages , the following may fafely be put in Competition both for Tafte and Moral , with any they can produce from their favorite Authors . After the Satyr has left CLORIN , the Faithful Shepher- defs , the breaks out into ...
... particular Paffages , the following may fafely be put in Competition both for Tafte and Moral , with any they can produce from their favorite Authors . After the Satyr has left CLORIN , the Faithful Shepher- defs , the breaks out into ...
الصفحة 71
... particular Paffages , the following may fafely be put in Competition both for Taste and Moral , with any they can produce from their favorite Authors . After the Satyr has left CLORIN , the Faithful Shepher- defs , the breaks out into ...
... particular Paffages , the following may fafely be put in Competition both for Taste and Moral , with any they can produce from their favorite Authors . After the Satyr has left CLORIN , the Faithful Shepher- defs , the breaks out into ...
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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...