Letters Concerning the English NationC. Davis ... and A. Lyon, 1733 - 253 oldal |
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52. oldal
... character , with regard both to good and evil . The Romans never knew the dreadful folly of religious Wars , an abo- mination referv'd for devout Preachers of patience and humility . Marius and Syl- la , Cæfar and Pompey , Anthony and ...
... character , with regard both to good and evil . The Romans never knew the dreadful folly of religious Wars , an abo- mination referv'd for devout Preachers of patience and humility . Marius and Syl- la , Cæfar and Pompey , Anthony and ...
113. oldal
... Character . He had by his Mistress a Daughter call'd Froncine , who died young , and was very much regretted by him . Thus he experienc'd every Pas- fion incident to Mankind . He was a long Time of Opinion , that it would be neceffary ...
... Character . He had by his Mistress a Daughter call'd Froncine , who died young , and was very much regretted by him . Thus he experienc'd every Pas- fion incident to Mankind . He was a long Time of Opinion , that it would be neceffary ...
178. oldal
... Character of Cato is , in my Opinion , vaftly fuperiour to that of Cornelia in the POMPEY of Corneille : For Cato is great without any Thing like Fuftian , and Cornelia , who befides is not a neceffary Character , tends fometimes to ...
... Character of Cato is , in my Opinion , vaftly fuperiour to that of Cornelia in the POMPEY of Corneille : For Cato is great without any Thing like Fuftian , and Cornelia , who befides is not a neceffary Character , tends fometimes to ...
179. oldal
... Character fo , as to adapt it to the Manners of the Age ; and from an Endeavour to please , Mafter - Piece in its kind . Since his Time , the Drama is become more regular , the Audience more difficult to be pleas'd , and Writers more ...
... Character fo , as to adapt it to the Manners of the Age ; and from an Endeavour to please , Mafter - Piece in its kind . Since his Time , the Drama is become more regular , the Audience more difficult to be pleas'd , and Writers more ...
183. oldal
... Characters in it do not enough raise our Concern . The English Co- medy affects us , and the Contrivance of the Plot is very ingenious , but at the fame Time ' tis too bold for the French Manners . The Fable is this . A Captain of a Man ...
... Characters in it do not enough raise our Concern . The English Co- medy affects us , and the Contrivance of the Plot is very ingenious , but at the fame Time ' tis too bold for the French Manners . The Fable is this . A Captain of a Man ...
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219. oldal - She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her side, and Megrim at her head. Two handmaids wait the throne: alike in place, But diffring far in figure and in face. Here stood Ill-nature like an ancient maid...
176. oldal - Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
188. oldal - The language is everywhere that of men of honour, but their actions are those of knaves — a proof that he was perfectly well acquainted with human nature, and frequented what we call polite company.
172. oldal - No Traveller returns) puzzles the Will ; And makes us rather bear thofe Ills we have, Than fly to others that we know not of. Thus...
45. oldal - If one religion only were allowed in England, the Government would very possibly become arbitrary ; if there were but two, the people would cut one another's throats; but as there are such a multitude, they all live happy and in peace.
219. oldal - And screen'd in shades from day's detested glare, She sighs for ever on her pensive bed, Pain at her, side, and Megrim at her head.
89. oldal - Islands. Be this as it will, men had sailed round the world, and could destroy cities by an artificial thunder more dreadful than the real one ; but, then, they were not acquainted with the circulation of the blood, the weight of the air, the laws of motion, light, the number of our planets, &c. And a man who maintained a thesis on Aristotle's " Categories, " on the universals a parte rei, or such-like nonsense, was looked upon as a prodigy.
218. oldal - For, that sad moment, when the sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from Belinda flew, Umbriel, a dusky, melancholy sprite, As ever sullied the fair face of light, Down to the central earth, his proper scene, Repair'd to search the gloomy cave of Spleen.
22. oldal - ... is both to God and man : If after all these warnings and advertisements, thou dost not turn unto the Lord with all thy heart, but forget him, who remembered thee in thy distress, and give up thyself to follow lust and vanity; surely great will be thy condemnation.
207. oldal - We must resign! heaven his great soul does claim In storms as loud as his immortal fame; His dying groans, his last breath shakes our isle, And trees uncut fall for his funeral pile: About his palace their broad roots are tost Into the air; so Romulus was lost! New Rome in such a tempest missed her king, And from obeying fell to worshipping.