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Pagina vi
... those prin- ciples that ought to govern the taste of e- very individual . IT is rare to find one born with fuch delicacy of feeling , as not to need inftruc- tion it is equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable ...
... those prin- ciples that ought to govern the taste of e- very individual . IT is rare to find one born with fuch delicacy of feeling , as not to need inftruc- tion it is equally rare to find one fo low in feeling , as not to be capable ...
Pagina 5
... those refined and fublime plea- fures that are fuited to its maturity . But we are not bound down to this fucceffion by any law of neceffity : the God of nature offers it to us , in order to advance our happiness ; and it is fufficient ...
... those refined and fublime plea- fures that are fuited to its maturity . But we are not bound down to this fucceffion by any law of neceffity : the God of nature offers it to us , in order to advance our happiness ; and it is fufficient ...
Pagina 7
... those who deal in criticism as a regular science , governed by juft principles , and giving fcope to judg- ment as well as to fancy , the fine arts are a fa- vourite entertainment ; and in old age maintain that relish which they produce ...
... those who deal in criticism as a regular science , governed by juft principles , and giving fcope to judg- ment as well as to fancy , the fine arts are a fa- vourite entertainment ; and in old age maintain that relish which they produce ...
Pagina 8
... Those who apply to the arts , are trained in a very different manner : they are led , ftep by step , from the easier parts of the operation , to what are more difficult ; and are not permitted to make a new motion , till they are ...
... Those who apply to the arts , are trained in a very different manner : they are led , ftep by step , from the easier parts of the operation , to what are more difficult ; and are not permitted to make a new motion , till they are ...
Pagina 9
... those which regulate our conduct . Mathematical and metaphyfical reasonings have no tendency to improve our knowledge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life : but a just taste of the fine arts , derived from ...
... those which regulate our conduct . Mathematical and metaphyfical reasonings have no tendency to improve our knowledge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life : but a just taste of the fine arts , derived from ...
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Pagina 287 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast?
Pagina 157 - I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Pagina 156 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Pagina 283 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Pagina 162 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Pagina 74 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Pagina 510 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Pagina 221 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pagina 136 - Out upon her ! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Pagina 161 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!