The Four Ages; Together with Essays on Various SubjectsCadell and Davies, 1798 - 454 pàgines |
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... terms , and call the diffe- rent Ages by the names of the four me- tals , which , if not very elegant , are ex- preffive enough of the meaning . But , in direct contradiction to the opinion of the ancients , and perhaps of the moderns ...
... terms , and call the diffe- rent Ages by the names of the four me- tals , which , if not very elegant , are ex- preffive enough of the meaning . But , in direct contradiction to the opinion of the ancients , and perhaps of the moderns ...
Pàgina 19
... terms with their Prince , and oblige him to govern upon principles dictated by themselves , as in the cafe of King John ; or refolve to have no Prince , and fo become a Republic , as formerly in England , and latterly in France - And ...
... terms with their Prince , and oblige him to govern upon principles dictated by themselves , as in the cafe of King John ; or refolve to have no Prince , and fo become a Republic , as formerly in England , and latterly in France - And ...
Pàgina 23
... term the God of mercy , has occafioned too much misery to be ridiculed . The whims of holy fuperftition are too numerous for the slightest mention ; many volumes might be filled with the nonfenfe which every country holds facred , from ...
... term the God of mercy , has occafioned too much misery to be ridiculed . The whims of holy fuperftition are too numerous for the slightest mention ; many volumes might be filled with the nonfenfe which every country holds facred , from ...
Pàgina 57
... terms . Admitting the truth of the theory , might not fuch terms have been used as are lefs pompous , and lefs connected with animal properties ? The The catalogue of new plants has also received an immense [ 57 ]
... terms . Admitting the truth of the theory , might not fuch terms have been used as are lefs pompous , and lefs connected with animal properties ? The The catalogue of new plants has also received an immense [ 57 ]
Pàgina 65
... terms were understood in the rest of Eu- rope . By a comparison of the works of art produced in a barbarous age with those of enlightened times , it must appear that the former are defective in truth and ele- gance , and many other ...
... terms were understood in the rest of Eu- rope . By a comparison of the works of art produced in a barbarous age with those of enlightened times , it must appear that the former are defective in truth and ele- gance , and many other ...
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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