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Pagina 24
... several , he was taken ill of a burning Fever , and , concealing the Cause of his Diftemper from the Physicians , he was carried off in the thirty - feventh Year of his Age , to the unfpeakable Grief of all who knew the Man , or admired ...
... several , he was taken ill of a burning Fever , and , concealing the Cause of his Diftemper from the Physicians , he was carried off in the thirty - feventh Year of his Age , to the unfpeakable Grief of all who knew the Man , or admired ...
Pagina 25
... several of our Ac- quaintance , not very eminent for their Virtues or Understanding . I am of Opi- nion , it was this conftant Idea of Delicacy and Softnefs , collected from an habitual Intercourse with these fair Polifhers of our Sex ...
... several of our Ac- quaintance , not very eminent for their Virtues or Understanding . I am of Opi- nion , it was this conftant Idea of Delicacy and Softnefs , collected from an habitual Intercourse with these fair Polifhers of our Sex ...
Pagina 32
... several Paffages in fome of his poetical Compofitions , which breathe a Spirit of Genius equal to any thing extant , either among the Mo- derns or Ancients ; and at the fame time , point out the famous Simile of the Angel of Destruction ...
... several Paffages in fome of his poetical Compofitions , which breathe a Spirit of Genius equal to any thing extant , either among the Mo- derns or Ancients ; and at the fame time , point out the famous Simile of the Angel of Destruction ...
Pagina 60
... Several daubed Copies of P. PININI'S Ruins dangle over monftrous Marble Chimney - Pieces , that look like Family Monuments in a Cathedral ; and not a few fhapeless naked Pagan Deities , done by modern Artists , fprawl upon Canvas fur ...
... Several daubed Copies of P. PININI'S Ruins dangle over monftrous Marble Chimney - Pieces , that look like Family Monuments in a Cathedral ; and not a few fhapeless naked Pagan Deities , done by modern Artists , fprawl upon Canvas fur ...
Pagina 74
... several fimilar Paffages from HOMER , THEOCRI- TUS , VIRGIL , SPENSER , SHAKESPEAR , and MILTON.- -Notwithstanding what I have faid concerning the Italians , I hope my Compliments won't be unac- ceptable to our ingenious Friend , whom ...
... several fimilar Paffages from HOMER , THEOCRI- TUS , VIRGIL , SPENSER , SHAKESPEAR , and MILTON.- -Notwithstanding what I have faid concerning the Italians , I hope my Compliments won't be unac- ceptable to our ingenious Friend , whom ...
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Pagina 128 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Pagina 193 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Pagina 37 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Pagina 24 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
Pagina 126 - And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.
Pagina 38 - Attentive turn ; from dim oblivion call Her fleet, ideal band ; and bid them, go ! Break through Time's barrier, and o'ertake the hour That saw the heavens created : then declare If aught were found in those external scenes To move thy wonder now.
Pagina 51 - When first with fresh-born vigour he inhales The balmy breeze, and feels the blessed sun Warm at his bosom, from the springs of life Chasing oppressive damps and languid pain!
Pagina 14 - Were destin'd ; some within a finer mould She wrought, and temper'd with a purer flame. To these the Sire omnipotent unfolds The world's harmonious volume, there to read The transcript of himself.
Pagina 24 - What need words To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove...
Pagina 17 - Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice...