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 19
... . LORD SHAFTESBURY . WITHOUT doubt , there is no extend- ing our acquaintance with the world but we run the risk of catching its vices , as C 2 well well as virtues . Yet , pufh this conclufion as FOREIGN TRAVEL . 19.
... . LORD SHAFTESBURY . WITHOUT doubt , there is no extend- ing our acquaintance with the world but we run the risk of catching its vices , as C 2 well well as virtues . Yet , pufh this conclufion as FOREIGN TRAVEL . 19.
Pagina 20
Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) well as virtues . Yet , pufh this conclufion as far as it will go , and you fhut up ... virtue is expofed in this bad world , I have never understood understood that Vice is its proper ele- ment . LORD 20 ...
Richard Hurd (bp. of Worcester.) well as virtues . Yet , pufh this conclufion as far as it will go , and you fhut up ... virtue is expofed in this bad world , I have never understood understood that Vice is its proper ele- ment . LORD 20 ...
Pagina 56
... Virtue are nearer of kin , than every one is perhaps aware of : And the mind that is taken with the charm of what is true and becoming in the reprefentation of fenfible things , cannot be inattentive to thofe qualities in the higher ...
... Virtue are nearer of kin , than every one is perhaps aware of : And the mind that is taken with the charm of what is true and becoming in the reprefentation of fenfible things , cannot be inattentive to thofe qualities in the higher ...
Pagina 70
... virtue and religion : That he be train- ed , by a strict difcipline , to the command of his temper and paffions : That his ambition be awakened , or rather direct- ed , to its right object , the public good ; and , to that end , that ...
... virtue and religion : That he be train- ed , by a strict difcipline , to the command of his temper and paffions : That his ambition be awakened , or rather direct- ed , to its right object , the public good ; and , to that end , that ...
Pagina 74
... virtue , and ready to admit the principles of know- ledge . The faculties of the mind are then vigorous and alert : the conception quick , and the memory retentive . The humble drudgery of acquiring the ele- ments of literature and ...
... virtue , and ready to admit the principles of know- ledge . The faculties of the mind are then vigorous and alert : the conception quick , and the memory retentive . The humble drudgery of acquiring the ele- ments of literature 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
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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.