Dialogues VII, VIII. On the uses of foreign travel. Lord Shaftesbury, Mr. Locke. Letters on chivalry and romance: serving to illustrate passages in the third dialogueT. Cadell, 1788 |
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Pagina 17
... SAY this , because it is no fecret that the civility , we thus acquired , was dear- ly paid for ; and that Irreligion , and even Atheism , were packed up among their choiceft gleanings , and fhewn about , at their return , as ...
... SAY this , because it is no fecret that the civility , we thus acquired , was dear- ly paid for ; and that Irreligion , and even Atheism , were packed up among their choiceft gleanings , and fhewn about , at their return , as ...
Pagina 25
... say , in Cells , for a Pedant without manners ; and ftill lefs , you will fay , in Camps , for a mannered man , without principles or letters ; but , in the world at large , for fome learned and well accomplished per- fon , who , yet ...
... say , in Cells , for a Pedant without manners ; and ftill lefs , you will fay , in Camps , for a mannered man , without principles or letters ; but , in the world at large , for fome learned and well accomplished per- fon , who , yet ...
Pagina 48
... be an intimate ftudy and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard for for his decyphering . Yet others are easier and more 48 . ON THE USES OF.
... be an intimate ftudy and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard for for his decyphering . Yet others are easier and more 48 . ON THE USES OF.
Pagina 108
... say , that what there is of ufe or beauty in polite carriage will come of itself , with a little experience of the world and good [ b ] Advice to an Author , P. 11. S. 111 . company ; company ; and shall not , with my confent , 108 ON ...
... say , that what there is of ufe or beauty in polite carriage will come of itself , with a little experience of the world and good [ b ] Advice to an Author , P. 11. S. 111 . company ; company ; and shall not , with my confent , 108 ON ...
Pagina 122
... say , that whoever defigns to let a young man into a safe and useful knowledge of the world , muft do it in a way very re- mote from that which has hitherto been taken . ? A YOUNG man , they tell us , must know the world ; therefore ...
... say , that whoever defigns to let a young man into a safe and useful knowledge of the world , muft do it in a way very re- mote from that which has hitherto been taken . ? A YOUNG man , they tell us , must know the world ; therefore ...
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Dialogues VII, VIII. On the uses of foreign travel. Lord Shaftesbury, Mr ... Richard Hurd Volledige weergave - 1788 |
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accompliſhed adventures againſt antient ARIOSTO beft beſt bufinefs cafe character Chivalry circumftances claffic confideration converfation deferves defign difcipline eafily faid Fairy Queen fame fancies faſhion fatire feem feen fenfe ferve feudal feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide focieties fome fomething foon foreign travel fpirit ftate ftill ftory ftudies fubject fuch fuperior fuppofe furely fyftem genius Gothic fictions Gothic manners himſelf Iliad inftance inftruction itſelf juft juſt knights knowledge laft leaft learning leaſt lefs LETTER LOCKE LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship mafter ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffed paffion perfons philofopher poem poet poetry polite prefent Prince ARTHUR proper purpoſe queftion racter reafon refpect reft Romance ſay ſchools Sir TOPAZ SPENSER ſtate ſtudy ſuch tafte TASSO taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion TOPAZ unity Univerfities uſe virtue young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 260 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Pagina 261 - Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass; And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Pagina 256 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
Pagina 258 - Queen is to be read and criticized. And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted.
Pagina 283 - Albracca, as romances tell, The city of Gallaphrone, from thence to win The fairest of her sex Angelica, His daughter, sought by many prowest knights, Both Paynim, and the peers of Charlemain.
Pagina 265 - ... for all their grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...
Pagina 316 - Under this form the tales of fairy kept their ground, and even made their fortune at court, where they became, for two or three reigns, the ordinary entertainment of our princes. But...
Pagina 243 - Liberata into competition with the Iliad. So far as the heroic and Gothic manners are the same, the pictures of each, if well taken, must be equally entertaining. But I go further, and maintain that the circumstances in which they differ are clearly to the advantage of the Gothic designers.
Pagina 292 - Ifland, and all the reft of the love-ftory is as natural, that is, as fuitable to our common notions of that paffion, as any thing in Virgil or (if you will) Voltaire.
Pagina 246 - As to religious machinery, perhaps the popular system of each was equally remote from reason, yet the latter had something in it more amusing, as well as more awakening to the imagination. The current popular tales of elves and fairies were even fitter to take the credulous mind, and charm it into a willing admiration of the specious miracles which wayward fancy delights in, than those of the old traditionary rabble of pagan divinities.