Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, Volume 3T. Cadell, 1776 |
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Pagina 183
... claffic compo- sfition be emulated : and a fet of men " arife , even beneath the fhade of our " academic cloyfters , that fhall polish the " tafte , as well as advance the know- " ledge , of their country . 66 " YET , I am but half way ...
... claffic compo- sfition be emulated : and a fet of men " arife , even beneath the fhade of our " academic cloyfters , that fhall polish the " tafte , as well as advance the know- " ledge , of their country . 66 " YET , I am but half way ...
Pagina 239
... claffic poets , fuch as SPENSER and TASSO for inftance , into this practice ; but the fimilar turn and genius of antient man- ners , and of the fictions founded upon them , would make it appear eafy and natural in all . I AM aware , as ...
... claffic poets , fuch as SPENSER and TASSO for inftance , into this practice ; but the fimilar turn and genius of antient man- ners , and of the fictions founded upon them , would make it appear eafy and natural in all . I AM aware , as ...
Pagina 251
... claffic writers have related or feigned of its magic and necromantic horrors . To spare you the trouble of mufter- ing up against me all that your exten- five knowledge of antiquity would fur- nish , let me confefs to you that many of ...
... claffic writers have related or feigned of its magic and necromantic horrors . To spare you the trouble of mufter- ing up against me all that your exten- five knowledge of antiquity would fur- nish , let me confefs to you that many of ...
Pagina 252
... claffic ages , has been conftantly deepening and darkening by the confluence of thofe fupplies , which ignorance and corrupted religion have poured in upon it . " FIRST , you will call to mind that all the gloomy vifions of dæmons and ...
... claffic ages , has been conftantly deepening and darkening by the confluence of thofe fupplies , which ignorance and corrupted religion have poured in upon it . " FIRST , you will call to mind that all the gloomy vifions of dæmons and ...
Pagina 255
... particular compa- rifons , that they must manage ill indeed , not to surpass , in this walk of magical incantation , the original claffic fablers . BUT , 6 BUT , if you require a comparison , I can CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE . 255.
... particular compa- rifons , that they must manage ill indeed , not to surpass , in this walk of magical incantation , the original claffic fablers . BUT , 6 BUT , if you require a comparison , I can CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE . 255.
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Pagina 265 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, 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 264 - 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 260 - 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 263 - Yet we see thro' all his poetry, where his enthusiasm flames out most, a certain predilection for the legends of chivalry before the fables of Greece. This circumstance, you know, has given offence to the austerer and more mechanical critics.
Pagina 304 - THUS, in the poet's world, all is marvellous and extraordinary; yet not unnatural in one fenfe, as it agrees to the conceptions that are readily entertained of thefe magical and wonder-working natures. THIS trite maxim of following "Nature is further miftaken, in applying it indifcriminately to all forts of poetry.
Pagina 145 - America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. He may then examine how she appears...
Pagina 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
Pagina 300 - They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.
Pagina 302 - Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure, in general, there are many intellectual beings in the World besides ourselves, and several species of spirits...
Pagina 269 - ... 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...