A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1757 - 76 pagina's |
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Pagina 4
... first of these conditions ; Or , if I were , do you imagine that , at this time o ' day , I can have the leisure to perform the other ? My younger years , indeed , have been spent in turning over those authors which young men are most ...
... first of these conditions ; Or , if I were , do you imagine that , at this time o ' day , I can have the leisure to perform the other ? My younger years , indeed , have been spent in turning over those authors which young men are most ...
Pagina 8
... first of these Poets , tho ' You refpect them for their age and for their real merits , are not your favourites . And the other you despise for writing fo ill in their own way , when the models , they had in their hands , would have ...
... first of these Poets , tho ' You refpect them for their age and for their real merits , are not your favourites . And the other you despise for writing fo ill in their own way , when the models , they had in their hands , would have ...
Pagina 9
... first I should think deferving our attention , is the AGE in which the writer lived . One should know if it were an age addicted to much study , and in which it was credit- able for the best writers to make a fhew of their read- ing ...
... first I should think deferving our attention , is the AGE in which the writer lived . One should know if it were an age addicted to much study , and in which it was credit- able for the best writers to make a fhew of their read- ing ...
Pagina 12
... first that occurred to my thoughts was Mr. Addison . But the observa- tion holds of others , and of one , in particular , very much his fuperior in true genius . I know not whe- ther ther you agree with me , that the famous line 12 ON ...
... first that occurred to my thoughts was Mr. Addison . But the observa- tion holds of others , and of one , in particular , very much his fuperior in true genius . I know not whe- ther ther you agree with me , that the famous line 12 ON ...
Pagina 19
... first part of your enquiry will go fome way towards giving you fatisfaction as to the last . The practice is not original , has no foundation in the man- ners of modern times . It arofe from the excellence of the Greek and Roman ...
... first part of your enquiry will go fome way towards giving you fatisfaction as to the last . The practice is not original , has no foundation in the man- ners of modern times . It arofe from the excellence of the Greek and Roman ...
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Pagina 30 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
Pagina 43 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Pagina 7 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Pagina 57 - Oh, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods! Oh, 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death...
Pagina 43 - Bear me, some god ! oh quickly bear me hence To wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense ; Where Contemplation prunes her ruffled wings, And the free soul looks down to pity kings ! There sober thought pursued th' amusing theme, Till fancy colour'd it, and form'da dream.
Pagina 55 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk...
Pagina 17 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Pagina 23 - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Pagina 20 - To lie in coldobftruftion, and to rot ; This fenfible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted fpirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Pagina 33 - Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Defcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw its fires here rife, and there...