Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, 2. kötetT. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, Bookseller to the Royal Academy, 1774 |
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37. oldal
... Occafion to obferve , that it is in itfelf inaccurate , and tolerated rather than chofen ; particularly when , by a Change of one Letter , or more , the Meaning of a Word is obfcured ; as in Farrier , or Ferrier , as it was formerly ...
... Occafion to obferve , that it is in itfelf inaccurate , and tolerated rather than chofen ; particularly when , by a Change of one Letter , or more , the Meaning of a Word is obfcured ; as in Farrier , or Ferrier , as it was formerly ...
49. oldal
... Occafion to the contemptuous Merriment of fportive Idlenefs , and the gloomy Cenfures of arrogant Stupidity ; but Dulness it is eafy to defpife , and Laughter it is eafy to repay . I fhall not be follicitous what is thought of my Work ...
... Occafion to the contemptuous Merriment of fportive Idlenefs , and the gloomy Cenfures of arrogant Stupidity ; but Dulness it is eafy to defpife , and Laughter it is eafy to repay . I fhall not be follicitous what is thought of my Work ...
66. oldal
... Occafion requires , or is imagined to require them . " There is another Kind of Compofition more fre- quent in our Language than perhaps in any other , from which arifes to Foreigners the greatest Diffi- culty . We modify the ...
... Occafion requires , or is imagined to require them . " There is another Kind of Compofition more fre- quent in our Language than perhaps in any other , from which arifes to Foreigners the greatest Diffi- culty . We modify the ...
77. oldal
... Occafion to another , that Book re- ferred to Book , that to fearch was not always to find , and to find was not always to be informed ; and that thus to pursue Perfection , was , like the firft Inha- bitants of Arcadia , to chace the ...
... Occafion to another , that Book re- ferred to Book , that to fearch was not always to find , and to find was not always to be informed ; and that thus to pursue Perfection , was , like the firft Inha- bitants of Arcadia , to chace the ...
100. oldal
... Occafion : Even where the Agency is fuper- natural , the Dialogue is level with Life . Other Writers difguife the most natural Paffions and most frequent Incidents ; fo that he who contemplates them in the Book will not know them in the ...
... Occafion : Even where the Agency is fuper- natural , the Dialogue is level with Life . Other Writers difguife the most natural Paffions and most frequent Incidents ; fo that he who contemplates them in the Book will not know them in the ...
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318. oldal - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
203. oldal - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
316. oldal - ... for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.
98. oldal - In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.
149. oldal - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily: when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
320. oldal - Improve his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will..
98. oldal - Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of Nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
84. oldal - In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal, I have devoted this book, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may no longer yield the palm of philology, without a contest, to the nations of the continent.
113. oldal - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
297. oldal - ... mind ; which in his case, as in the case of all who are distressed with the same malady of imagination, transfers to others its own feelings. Who could suppose it was to introduce a comedy, when Mr. Bensley solemnly began, 'Press'd with the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind.