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Pagina 5
... perhaps , the occafion that led us into this track of converfa- tion . Nay , I fhould tell you what acci- dent had brought us together ; and fhould even omit no circumftance of time or place , which might be proper to let you into the ...
... perhaps , the occafion that led us into this track of converfa- tion . Nay , I fhould tell you what acci- dent had brought us together ; and fhould even omit no circumftance of time or place , which might be proper to let you into the ...
Pagina 12
... perhaps , that they were not over - stocked with it . It was confined to certain schools and fraternities ; or was locked up ftill more closely in the breasts of particular perfons . Know- ledge was not then diffused in books and ...
... perhaps , that they were not over - stocked with it . It was confined to certain schools and fraternities ; or was locked up ftill more closely in the breasts of particular perfons . Know- ledge was not then diffused in books and ...
Pagina 15
... perhaps carry my pretenfions still further , and affirm it had been much better if they had been fo . I KNOW What is to be faid for the voyagers in ELIZABETH'S time . We were juft then emerging from ignorance and barbarity . Learning ...
... perhaps carry my pretenfions still further , and affirm it had been much better if they had been fo . I KNOW What is to be faid for the voyagers in ELIZABETH'S time . We were juft then emerging from ignorance and barbarity . Learning ...
Pagina 23
... perhaps , that the ad- vantages of travelling are not fo great , or fo general , as is fometimes pretended . Yet , on the other hand , that there are advantages , and confiderable ones too , can hardly be denied . And to come at length ...
... perhaps , that the ad- vantages of travelling are not fo great , or fo general , as is fometimes pretended . Yet , on the other hand , that there are advantages , and confiderable ones too , can hardly be denied . And to come at length ...
Pagina 32
... perhaps , to learn , in their voyages into the neighbouring nations ; however in- ferior to their own in the general state of knowledge and politeness . What 4 then then must be the cafe of our English youth , 32 ON THE USES OF.
... perhaps , to learn , in their voyages into the neighbouring nations ; however in- ferior to their own in the general state of knowledge and politeness . What 4 then then must be the cafe of our English youth , 32 ON THE USES OF.
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Populaire passages
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...