A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1757 - 76 ページ |
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... doubt of this fact . Rome adorn'd itself in the fpoils of Greece . And both af- fifted in dreffing up the later European poetry , What elfe do You find in the Italian or French Wits , but the old matter , work'd over again ; only ...
... doubt of this fact . Rome adorn'd itself in the fpoils of Greece . And both af- fifted in dreffing up the later European poetry , What elfe do You find in the Italian or French Wits , but the old matter , work'd over again ; only ...
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... doubt that what the knew fo well , would be known , admired , and imitated by every other ? or fay , that the writers of her time were , fome of them , ignorant enough of the learned languages to be inventors ; can you fuppofe , from ...
... doubt that what the knew fo well , would be known , admired , and imitated by every other ? or fay , that the writers of her time were , fome of them , ignorant enough of the learned languages to be inventors ; can you fuppofe , from ...
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... doubt from the like uncharitable constructions of graceles zeal , was very naturally tempted to adopt this candid fentiment , and to give it the further heightening of his own spirited expreffion . Let us fee then how far we are got in ...
... doubt from the like uncharitable constructions of graceles zeal , was very naturally tempted to adopt this candid fentiment , and to give it the further heightening of his own spirited expreffion . Let us fee then how far we are got in ...
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... doubt , is , that they were copying the defign , or diforder rather , of ARIOSTO , the favourite poet of that time . III . Of near akin to this contrariety to the genius of a people is another mark which a careful reader will obferve ...
... doubt , is , that they were copying the defign , or diforder rather , of ARIOSTO , the favourite poet of that time . III . Of near akin to this contrariety to the genius of a people is another mark which a careful reader will obferve ...
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... certain taken ; and it is properly applied in this place where he is speaking of the Chariot of the Sun , and Phaeton's fall from it . But to remove all doubt I in } in the cafe , we can even point to the 26 ON THE MARKS.
... certain taken ; and it is properly applied in this place where he is speaking of the Chariot of the Sun , and Phaeton's fall from it . But to remove all doubt I in } in the cafe , we can even point to the 26 ON THE MARKS.
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30 ページ - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
43 ページ - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
7 ページ - 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...
57 ページ - Oh, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods! Oh, 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death...
43 ページ - 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.
55 ページ - 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...
17 ページ - 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.
23 ページ - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
20 ページ - 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...
33 ページ - 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...