Essays: On Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; on the Usefulness of Classical Learning. By James Beattie, ...E. and C. Dilly; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1779 - 515 oldal |
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16. oldal
... of his ftyle ; the fweetness of his lyric , or the eafe and perfpicuity of his moral poems ; the fportive feverity of his fatire , or his talents in wit and hu- mour ; heart must fing in unifon to the voice of con- 2 16 ON POETRY.
... of his ftyle ; the fweetness of his lyric , or the eafe and perfpicuity of his moral poems ; the fportive feverity of his fatire , or his talents in wit and hu- mour ; heart must fing in unifon to the voice of con- 2 16 ON POETRY.
40. oldal
... fatire : but we can ne- ver relish it as a fable , because it is at once un- natural and felf - contradictory . Swift's judgment feems to have forfaken him on this occafion * : he wallows * There are improprieties in this narrative ...
... fatire : but we can ne- ver relish it as a fable , because it is at once un- natural and felf - contradictory . Swift's judgment feems to have forfaken him on this occafion * : he wallows * There are improprieties in this narrative ...
41. oldal
... fatire is downright defamation . Lucian's True History is a heap of extravagancies put together without order or unity , or any other apparent defign , than to ridicule the lan- guage and manner of grave authors . His rav- ings , which ...
... fatire is downright defamation . Lucian's True History is a heap of extravagancies put together without order or unity , or any other apparent defign , than to ridicule the lan- guage and manner of grave authors . His rav- ings , which ...
124. oldal
... fatire of Swift ; who , though deaf to the charms of mufic , was not blind to the abfurdity of musicians . He recommended it to Dr. Ecclia , an ingenious gentleman of Ire- land , to compole a Cantata in ridicule of this puerile mimicry ...
... fatire of Swift ; who , though deaf to the charms of mufic , was not blind to the abfurdity of musicians . He recommended it to Dr. Ecclia , an ingenious gentleman of Ire- land , to compole a Cantata in ridicule of this puerile mimicry ...
125. oldal
... fatire of this piece is levelled , not at abfurd imitation only , but alfo at fome other mufical improprieties ; fuch as the idle re- petition of the fame words , the running of long extravagant divifions upon one fyllable , and the ...
... fatire of this piece is levelled , not at abfurd imitation only , but alfo at fome other mufical improprieties ; fuch as the idle re- petition of the fame words , the running of long extravagant divifions upon one fyllable , and the ...
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abfurd admiration Æneid affections agreeable alfo almoſt alſo ancient arifes beauty becauſe beſt cauſe character Cicero circumſtances compariſon compofition confequently confiftent converfation defcribe defcription defign Dido difplay diftinguiſhed Dryden effential emotions Engliſh Epic expreffion exprefs fable faid fame fancy faſhion fatire feem fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fimilar firſt fome fomething fometimes fpeak fpeech ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuitable fuperior fuppofed genius Georgic give Greek harmony hiftory himſelf Homer Hudibras human humour ideas Iliad imitation inftruction interefting itſelf language laughter leaſt lefs Loft ludicrous meaſure mind moft moral moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary numbers obferve object occafion paffage paffions perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry prefent profe purpoſe Quintilian racter raiſe reader reaſon refpect ridiculous ſeems ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtudy ſtyle ſuppoſed tafte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe verf verſe Virgil whofe words writing
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218. oldal - Heaven, with all his host Of rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in glory...
504. oldal - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts: others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.
248. oldal - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
29. oldal - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
13. oldal - WHAT shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? I shall, like beasts or common people, die, Unless you write my elegy ; Whilst others great, by being born, are grown; Their mothers' labour, not their own. In this scale gold, in th' other fame does lie, The weight of that mounts this so high.
30. oldal - ... the murmur of the rivulet and in the uproar of the ocean, in the radiance of summer and gloom of winter, in the thunder of heaven and in the whisper of the breeze, he still finds something to rouse or to soothe his imagination, to draw forth his affections, or to employ his understanding.
414. oldal - Georgics ; but throw the former into ridicule, as in the Lutrin^ I think this may very well be accounted for ; laughter implies...
354. oldal - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
150. oldal - ... it is very imperfectly, because we know not why: — the singer, by taking up the same air, and applying words to it, immediately translates the oration into our own language; then all uncertainty vanishes, the fancy is filled with determinate ideas...
127. oldal - When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade...