The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 pàgines |
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Pàgina 8
... natural monument , in any coun- try , over a man who deferved remem- brance , was a heap of earth . To this day , barrows are fhewn in Greece , as the tombs of Homer's heroes . It would not be easy to trace any con → nection between ...
... natural monument , in any coun- try , over a man who deferved remem- brance , was a heap of earth . To this day , barrows are fhewn in Greece , as the tombs of Homer's heroes . It would not be easy to trace any con → nection between ...
Pàgina 11
... nature . * And this is different according to the climate and productions of the country in which we live . Thus , in the Tropical Isles , tho ' the natural state is ignorant and bar- barous , * If this were the ftate of our first ...
... nature . * And this is different according to the climate and productions of the country in which we live . Thus , in the Tropical Isles , tho ' the natural state is ignorant and bar- barous , * If this were the ftate of our first ...
Pàgina 19
... natural and ancient of all governments . * If this king , And defpotifin , fooner or later , produces li- berty - Extraordinary , acts of cruelty committed by a weak Prince , give the first hint for shaking off his authority - His ...
... natural and ancient of all governments . * If this king , And defpotifin , fooner or later , produces li- berty - Extraordinary , acts of cruelty committed by a weak Prince , give the first hint for shaking off his authority - His ...
Pàgina 27
... natural rectitude , but to the shoot- ing of ftars , the appearance of comets , to fome old woman's evil eye , & c . and their cure does not depend upon a ra- tional treatment , but upon fomething done in the growing of the moon , upon ...
... natural rectitude , but to the shoot- ing of ftars , the appearance of comets , to fome old woman's evil eye , & c . and their cure does not depend upon a ra- tional treatment , but upon fomething done in the growing of the moon , upon ...
Pàgina 36
... natural knowledge , " faid the learned council , " makes him perfect in optics and limning , whereby he may easily bewitch the eyes of others to whom he intends that his in- ftruments fhould not be feen in this manner , as was formerly ...
... natural knowledge , " faid the learned council , " makes him perfect in optics and limning , whereby he may easily bewitch the eyes of others to whom he intends that his in- ftruments fhould not be feen in this manner , as was formerly ...
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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