A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; and sold, 1757 - 76 pàgines |
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Pàgina 11
... lefs efteemed by the enthufiafts of Milton's time ( of which however he himself was one of the greateft ) than pro phane or indeed any kind of learning ? Yet we , who know that his youth was spent in the study of the best writers in ...
... lefs efteemed by the enthufiafts of Milton's time ( of which however he himself was one of the greateft ) than pro phane or indeed any kind of learning ? Yet we , who know that his youth was spent in the study of the best writers in ...
Pàgina 18
... lefs degree . One is not surpriz'd therefore that their hiftorians abound in fet fpeeches ; which , in their hands , be- come the finest parts of their works . But when You find modern writers indulging in this practice of speech ...
... lefs degree . One is not surpriz'd therefore that their hiftorians abound in fet fpeeches ; which , in their hands , be- come the finest parts of their works . But when You find modern writers indulging in this practice of speech ...
Pàgina 48
... lefs noble one . The truth is , they would not stand together . Livery belongs to human gran- deur ; wings to divine or celeftial . So that in Mil- ton's very attempt to furpass his original , he put it out of his power to employ the ...
... lefs noble one . The truth is , they would not stand together . Livery belongs to human gran- deur ; wings to divine or celeftial . So that in Mil- ton's very attempt to furpass his original , he put it out of his power to employ the ...
Pàgina 55
... lefs from the Inventor of this humorous thought ; a Borrower might be con- tent to allude to it . XV . This laft confideration puts me in mind of another artifice to conceal a borrowed fentiment . Nothing lies more open to discovery ...
... lefs from the Inventor of this humorous thought ; a Borrower might be con- tent to allude to it . XV . This laft confideration puts me in mind of another artifice to conceal a borrowed fentiment . Nothing lies more open to discovery ...
Pàgina 66
... lefs doubt . at laft his fail - broad vans He fpreads for flight . Milton P. L. 11..927 . Most certainly from Taffo's , - · Spiega al grand volo i vanni . ix . And that of Johnson in his Sejanus , O ! what is it proud flime will not ...
... lefs doubt . at laft his fail - broad vans He fpreads for flight . Milton P. L. 11..927 . Most certainly from Taffo's , - · Spiega al grand volo i vanni . ix . And that of Johnson in his Sejanus , O ! what is it proud flime will not ...
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A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of Imitation Richard Hurd,William Mason Visualització completa - 1757 |
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 30 - Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd or difabus'd; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd: The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world...
Pàgina 17 - 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.
Pàgina 55 - 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...
Pàgina 7 - 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...
Pàgina 43 - 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.
Pàgina 43 - Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd.
Pàgina 33 - 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...
Pàgina 23 - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Pàgina 20 - 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...
Pàgina 13 - All muft be falfe that thwart this One great End ; And all of God, that blefs Mankind or mend.