An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, 2. kötetJ. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... characters , and habits of our fore- fathers , whom he has brought before our eyes acting as on a stage , fuitably to their dif- ferent orders and employments . With these portraits the drieft antiquary must be delighted ; by this plan ...
... characters , and habits of our fore- fathers , whom he has brought before our eyes acting as on a stage , fuitably to their dif- ferent orders and employments . With these portraits the drieft antiquary must be delighted ; by this plan ...
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... characters of the ancient French poets , I can find none of this age , but barren chroniclers , and harsh ro- mancers in rhime , without the elegance , ele- vation , invention , or harmony of Chaucer . * Eleg . 15 . Pasquiere Pafquiere ...
... characters of the ancient French poets , I can find none of this age , but barren chroniclers , and harsh ro- mancers in rhime , without the elegance , ele- vation , invention , or harmony of Chaucer . * Eleg . 15 . Pasquiere Pafquiere ...
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Joseph Warton. rived those graceful ideas of columns , which had a character of ftrength without clum- finefs , and of delicacy without weakness . Those beautiful proportions were , I fay , taken originally from nature , which , in her ...
Joseph Warton. rived those graceful ideas of columns , which had a character of ftrength without clum- finefs , and of delicacy without weakness . Those beautiful proportions were , I fay , taken originally from nature , which , in her ...
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... characters of these famous legiflators , and inftructors , of the Northern nations . As expreffive , and as much in character , are the figures of the old heroes , druids and bards , which are reprefented as standing on iron pillars of ...
... characters of these famous legiflators , and inftructors , of the Northern nations . As expreffive , and as much in character , are the figures of the old heroes , druids and bards , which are reprefented as standing on iron pillars of ...
29. oldal
... character . Upon an iron pillar strong , That painted was all endilong , With tyger's blood in every place , The Tholofan that hight y Stace . time , time , nor among his acquaintance , attentively to study AND GENIUS OF POPE . 29.
... character . Upon an iron pillar strong , That painted was all endilong , With tyger's blood in every place , The Tholofan that hight y Stace . time , time , nor among his acquaintance , attentively to study AND GENIUS OF POPE . 29.
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128. oldal - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
245. oldal - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
289. oldal - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
142. oldal - 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!
165. oldal - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
319. oldal - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
429. oldal - Lo! at the Wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragg'd in the Dust! his Arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our Youth, all liv'ry'd o'er with foreign Gold, Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old!
290. oldal - Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.
157. oldal - See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
176. oldal - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...