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 150
... spirit , and , above all , by their unpolifhed in- tegrity , WOULD your Lordship's favourite Athens have done wifely ( or rather did it do fo ? ) to exchange the fimplicity and manly freedom of its ancient character , for the fopperies ...
... spirit , and , above all , by their unpolifhed in- tegrity , WOULD your Lordship's favourite Athens have done wifely ( or rather did it do fo ? ) to exchange the fimplicity and manly freedom of its ancient character , for the fopperies ...
Pagina 188
... spirits , I pretend not to say . But it gave me a pleasure to hear the old man indulging himself in the profpect of better days , of which , as young as we are , and as warmly as we wish for them , you and I had always defpaired . LET ...
... spirits , I pretend not to say . But it gave me a pleasure to hear the old man indulging himself in the profpect of better days , of which , as young as we are , and as warmly as we wish for them , you and I had always defpaired . LET ...
Pagina 193
... spirit of Romance , which took its rise from that fingular insti- tution ? NOTHING in human nature , my dear friend , is without its reasons . The modes and fashions of different times may ap- VOL . III . pear , pear , at first fight ...
... spirit of Romance , which took its rise from that fingular insti- tution ? NOTHING in human nature , my dear friend , is without its reasons . The modes and fashions of different times may ap- VOL . III . pear , pear , at first fight ...
Pagina 202
... spirit of the feudal government . LETTER III . F the conjecture , I advanced , of the I ' rife of Chivalry , from the circum- ftances of the feudal government , be thought reasonable , it will not be difficult to account for the feveral ...
... spirit of the feudal government . LETTER III . F the conjecture , I advanced , of the I ' rife of Chivalry , from the circum- ftances of the feudal government , be thought reasonable , it will not be difficult to account for the feveral ...
Pagina 211
... spirit of their profeffion , were induced to renounce their faith , in order to regain their liberty . Thefe men , as finning against the great fundamental laws of Chivalry , they branded with this name ; a name of complicated reproach ...
... spirit of their profeffion , were induced to renounce their faith , in order to regain their liberty . Thefe men , as finning against the great fundamental laws of Chivalry , they branded with this name ; a name of complicated reproach ...
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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.