Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum: With an English Commentary and Notes, to which are Added Critical Dissertations, Volum 3A. Millar, 1766 |
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Pàgina 28
... defign and attitude of their pictures .. Those who are fond of hunting after par- allels , might , I doubt not , with great ease , confront almost every fentiment , which , in , the Greek tragedians , is made expreffive of particular ...
... defign and attitude of their pictures .. Those who are fond of hunting after par- allels , might , I doubt not , with great ease , confront almost every fentiment , which , in , the Greek tragedians , is made expreffive of particular ...
Pàgina 40
... defign , warm and agitate the heart with paffion . Hence it is , that narrative poetry , which draws man- kind under every apparent confequence and effect of paffion , inchants the mind . And even the dramatic , we know , is cool and ...
... defign , warm and agitate the heart with paffion . Hence it is , that narrative poetry , which draws man- kind under every apparent confequence and effect of paffion , inchants the mind . And even the dramatic , we know , is cool and ...
Pàgina 47
... defign of the Aeneis . Here one fhould fuppofe , the whole bent of his genius would exert itself . And we are not disappointed . I fpeak not of that fucceffion of fentiments , reflexions , and ex- poftulations , which flow , as in a ...
... defign of the Aeneis . Here one fhould fuppofe , the whole bent of his genius would exert itself . And we are not disappointed . I fpeak not of that fucceffion of fentiments , reflexions , and ex- poftulations , which flow , as in a ...
Pàgina 48
... defign of Virgil . But the perverfe humour . of criticifm , occafioned by this inveterate . prejudice " of taking all refemblances for thefts , " will allow no fuch thing . Before it will decide of this matter , every ancient writer ...
... defign of Virgil . But the perverfe humour . of criticifm , occafioned by this inveterate . prejudice " of taking all refemblances for thefts , " will allow no fuch thing . Before it will decide of this matter , every ancient writer ...
Pàgina 56
... defign of their works by infcriptions . We find this expedient to have been practised of old by Polygnotus , as may be gathered from the defcription given us , of two of his pic- tures tures by Paufanias ; and the fame thing is ...
... defign of their works by infcriptions . We find this expedient to have been practised of old by Polygnotus , as may be gathered from the defcription given us , of two of his pic- tures tures by Paufanias ; and the fame thing is ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
Aeneis affections allufion almoſt antient becauſe befides beft beſt cafe Catullus cenfured character cifed circumftance conclufion confideration copied correfponding defcribed defcription defign diftinct eafily Effay epic epic poetry eſpecially Euripides expreffion exprefs faid fame fancy feem feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould figns fimilar fingle fion firſt fituation fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpirit ftill ftriking fubject fucceeding fuch fufpicion fuggefts fuppofe fure furniſh genius ginal GONDIBERT Greek hath himſelf Homer idea imagery imita imitation inftance invention itſelf juft juſt laft language leaft leaſt lefs manner ment Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation objects occafion original Ovid paffage paffion perfon philofophy pleaſure poem poet poetry prefent purpoſe racters reader reafon refemblance reflexions refpect reprefentation Shakeſpear ſpeak Statius thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion tranflated ture ufually underſtand univerfally uſe Virgil whofe words writers
Passatges populars
Pàgina 178 - 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!
Pàgina 193 - 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...
Pàgina 160 - 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 164 - 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 169 - Shakespeare, forget that the Pagan Imagery was familiar to all the Poets of his time ; and that abundance of this sort of learning was to be picked up from almost every English book that he could take into his hands.
Pàgina 229 - You that, too wife for pride, too good for pow'r, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And, carrying with you all the world can boaft, To all the world...
Pàgina 9 - ... been joined, but were afterwards separated from each other by some ' God, for the sake of opening in the midst that large plain which stretches in ' length to about five miles, and in breadth a hundred paces or in some parts
Pàgina 203 - Nature deign'd to lend, As that the walls (worn thin) permit the mind To look out thorough, and his frailty find.
Pàgina 178 - All feafons and thir change, all pleafe alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rifing fweet, With charm of earlieft Birds; pleafant the...
Pàgina 165 - Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres, Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave, As loth to leave the body that it loved, And linked itself by carnal sensualty To a degenerate and degraded state.