Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several conversations between divers eminent persons, with critical and explanatory notes by the editor [R. Hurd]. With letters on chivalry and romance by mr. Hurd, Volume 3 |
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Pagina 7
... true . But , as it is not my intention to fubmit the following draught to fuch critics , you , who know me , will accept this recital , made in my own way , and pretty much as it paffed . You may well be trufted to make your own ...
... true . But , as it is not my intention to fubmit the following draught to fuch critics , you , who know me , will accept this recital , made in my own way , and pretty much as it paffed . You may well be trufted to make your own ...
Pagina 20
... true , that one could as little help breathing the air of vice , as that of the heavens . But , though I have hear'd much of the dangers , to which virtue is expofed in this bad world , I have never understood understood that Vice is ...
... true , that one could as little help breathing the air of vice , as that of the heavens . But , though I have hear'd much of the dangers , to which virtue is expofed in this bad world , I have never understood understood that Vice is ...
Pagina 23
... true , 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 ...
... true , 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 ...
Pagina 49
... true knowledge and learning must he gather and bring home with him , from the numberless varied fcenes he has paffed through in his Voyages ! With what luftre müst such a perfon appear in the court or fenate of his own country ! How ...
... true knowledge and learning must he gather and bring home with him , from the numberless varied fcenes he has paffed through in his Voyages ! With what luftre müst such a perfon appear in the court or fenate of his own country ! How ...
Pagina 51
... true a preparation of general knowledge . On the other hand , it hard- ly needs to be observed , the disadvantage , with which our young Iflander must come into this fcene ; a novice to the affairs of the world ; a ftranger to men and ...
... true a preparation of general knowledge . On the other hand , it hard- ly needs to be observed , the disadvantage , with which our young Iflander must come into this fcene ; a novice to the affairs of the world ; a ftranger to men and ...
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abfurd accompliſhed adventures againſt almoſt antient ARIOSTO beft beſt buſineſs cafe character Chivalry circumſtances civility claffic confideration conftitution converfation Crufades defign difcipline Faery Queen faid fame fancies faſhionable fatire feem feen fenfe ferve feudal feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould focieties fome fomething foreign travel fpeak fpirit ftate ftill ftory ftudies fubject fuch fuperftition fuperior fuppofe furely fyftem genius Gothic Gothic fictions himſelf Iliad inftance itſelf juſt knights knowledge leaft learning leaſt lefs LETTER LOCKE LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship mafters manners ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffed paffion perfons philofopher pleaſe poem poet poffible politenefs prefent proper purpoſe queſtion racter reafon refpect Romance ſcene ſchools Sir TOPAZ SPENSER ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtudy TASSO taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion TOPAZ truth underſtand Univerſities uſe virtue young youth
Populaire passages
Pagina 254 - 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 197 - ... knights, as to give birth to the attentions of gallantry. But this gallantry would take a refined turn, not only from the...
Pagina 250 - 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 255 - 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 324 - The only favourable circumftance that attended him (and this no doubt encouraged, if it did not produce his untimely project) was, that he was fomewhat befriended in thefe...
Pagina 252 - Under this idea then of a Gothic, not classical poem, the Faerie Queene 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 259 - ... 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 270 - This was the poet's moral ; and what way of expressing this moral in the history but by making Prince Arthur appear in each adventure, and in a manner subordinate to its proper hero ? Thus, though inferior to each in his own specific virtue, he is superior to all, by uniting...
Pagina 250 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Pagina 237 - 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.