The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 pàgines |
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... duro eft ultima ferro . METAM . LIB . I. They conceived that the first state of man was fuperior to all fucceeding states , as gold is beyond other metals ; that the fecond B fecond Age had as much degenerated from the perfection of.
... duro eft ultima ferro . METAM . LIB . I. They conceived that the first state of man was fuperior to all fucceeding states , as gold is beyond other metals ; that the fecond B fecond Age had as much degenerated from the perfection of.
Pàgina 2
... , I fhall , in treating this fubject , invert the order , and endeavour to prove , that the first was the Iron - Age , and the last , when it shall please Heaven to send it , will be that of Gold - no Golden - Age will [ 2 ]
... , I fhall , in treating this fubject , invert the order , and endeavour to prove , that the first was the Iron - Age , and the last , when it shall please Heaven to send it , will be that of Gold - no Golden - Age will [ 2 ]
Pàgina 3
... first year of our æra , Italy was re- fined , and England barbarous ; and in the eighteenth century , fome nations have attained a point of perfection un- known to all which have preceded , while others are still unenlightened and igno ...
... first year of our æra , Italy was re- fined , and England barbarous ; and in the eighteenth century , fome nations have attained a point of perfection un- known to all which have preceded , while others are still unenlightened and igno ...
Pàgina 7
... first principles , they have alfo reverted to barbarifm . The Mufcogulges ( a favage nation in North- America ) have the game of hurling , fo very like that of Cornwall , that the defcription of one would ferve for the other . old ...
... first principles , they have alfo reverted to barbarifm . The Mufcogulges ( a favage nation in North- America ) have the game of hurling , fo very like that of Cornwall , that the defcription of one would ferve for the other . old ...
Pàgina 9
... first of the four Ages then , is man in his favage state , wherever found , and at whatever period ; the second is when he has made fome progrefs towards civi- lization ; the third is the ftate in which we are at prefent ; and the ...
... first of the four Ages then , is man in his favage state , wherever found , and at whatever period ; the second is when he has made fome progrefs towards civi- lization ; the third is the ftate in which we are at prefent ; and the ...
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Æneid againſt alfo alſo artiſt becauſe beſt Brazen-Age cauſe circumſtances confequence confidered confift converfation courſe cuſtom effect Epitaph eſtabliſhed exifts exiſt expreffed faid fame fays feems fenfation fhall fhew firft firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes foon fource ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely genius Gothic Gothic Architecture greateſt himſelf honour houſe idea increaſed inftances inftrument inſtead Iron-Age laft laſt leaſt lefs liberty meaſure ment modern moſt mufic muft muſical muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion ourſelves paffages painting perfection perfons perhaps philofopher pleaſe pleaſure poet poffeffion poffefs Pope preſent principle produced progrefs purpoſe reaſon refpect replied reſemblance ſay ſcarce Schâh ſcience ſeems ſhall ſhort ſhould Silver-Age ſmall ſome ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſtyle ſuch ſuppoſe tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou Timur tion ture ufual uſe Voltaire wiſh worfe worſe Zadib