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Pagina 14
... discover it felf . In this cafe , the poet , painter , or mufician , have great advantages ; a ge- nius for either of thefe profeffions is much eafier difclofed , than that which defigns a youth for a general , or a ftatefman . One boy ...
... discover it felf . In this cafe , the poet , painter , or mufician , have great advantages ; a ge- nius for either of thefe profeffions is much eafier difclofed , than that which defigns a youth for a general , or a ftatefman . One boy ...
Pagina 66
Emanuel II . king of Portugal , want- ing to discover , by the ocean , a new rout to the Eaft - Indies , fent , in 1497 , Verafco de Gama , with a fleet to execute that defign , which being new , appeared rafh ; but when fuccessful ...
Emanuel II . king of Portugal , want- ing to discover , by the ocean , a new rout to the Eaft - Indies , fent , in 1497 , Verafco de Gama , with a fleet to execute that defign , which being new , appeared rafh ; but when fuccessful ...
Pagina 68
Emanuel II . king of Portugal , want- ing to discover , by the ocean , a new rout to the Eaft - Indies , fent , in 1497 , Verafco de Gama , with a fleet to execute that defign , which being new , appeared rash ; but when fuccefsful ...
Emanuel II . king of Portugal , want- ing to discover , by the ocean , a new rout to the Eaft - Indies , fent , in 1497 , Verafco de Gama , with a fleet to execute that defign , which being new , appeared rash ; but when fuccefsful ...
Pagina 115
... discover it to be a collection of quirks and quibbles ; the whole quite profaic , and utterly devoid of the leaft fpark of ge- nius . It is wonderful the genius of Mil- ton did not exert itself in the speeches of * Book III . 100 . I 2 ...
... discover it to be a collection of quirks and quibbles ; the whole quite profaic , and utterly devoid of the leaft fpark of ge- nius . It is wonderful the genius of Mil- ton did not exert itself in the speeches of * Book III . 100 . I 2 ...
Pagina 133
... discover the original of the mistaken notion of Homer's firft inventing a moral . Father Boffu * not having begun to study Ariftotle's poeticks , till he was ac- quainted with fop's fables , no fooner found the name of fable given to ...
... discover the original of the mistaken notion of Homer's firft inventing a moral . Father Boffu * not having begun to study Ariftotle's poeticks , till he was ac- quainted with fop's fables , no fooner found the name of fable given to ...
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abfurd action Addiſon admire Æneid affertion Aladin alfo alſo antients Ariofto beauties beſt Boffu Boileau Camoens Ceuta cifm compofed compofition confequence confifts criticiſm defcription defects deferves defign difcover difplays Effais fur elegant enthuſiaſm epic poem epic poetry excellent expref fable fame fays fenfibility fentiments fhall fhew fhining fhould fimple fingle firft firſt fome fometimes fpecies fpirit ftanza ftriking ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuperior genius Gierufalemme greateſt Henriade hero himſelf Homer Iliad imagination inftances itſelf juft leaft Leonidas lyric poetry Milton moft Monf moſt mufic muft muſt nature nius noble numbers obferved occafions ouvrages paffages paffing paffions painting Paradife Loft Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure Poeme Epique poet poetic poetry praiſe Priam profeffion qu'il racter reader reafon refpect reft Shakeſpear ſhall ſome ſpeak Taffo tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tout uſe vaft verfe Virgil Voltaire whofe wrote καὶ
Populaire passages
Pagina 173 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Pagina 117 - As when far off at sea a fleet descried Hangs in the clouds, by equinoctial winds Close sailing from Bengala, or the isles Of Ternate and Tidore, whence merchants bring Their spicy drugs ; they, on the trading flood, Through the wide Ethiopian to the cape, Ply stemming nightly toward the pole : so seemed Far off the flying fiend.
Pagina 172 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride. Happy, happy, happy pair! None but the brave, None but the brave, None but the brave deserves the fair...
Pagina 184 - Thy banks ? — alas, is this the boafted fcene, This dreary, wide, uncultivated plain, Where fick'ning Nature wears a fainter green, And Defolation fpreads her torpid reign ? Is this the fcene where Freedom breath'd, Her copious horn where Plenty wreath'd. And health at opening day Bade all her rofeate breezes fly, To wake the fons of Induftry, And make their fields more gay?
Pagina 84 - Every one has something so singularly his own that no painter could have distinguished them more by their features than the poet has by their manners.
Pagina 116 - Phlegra with the heroic race were join'd That fought at Thebes and Ilium, on each side...
Pagina 177 - Can Music's voice, can Beauty's eye, Can Painting's glowing hand supply A charm so suited to my mind, As blows this hollow gust of wind, As drops this little weeping rill Soft tinkling down the moss-grown hill, While through the west, where sinks the crimson day, Meek Twilight slowly sails, and waves her banners gray?
Pagina 112 - Ethereal Powers And Spirits, both them who stood and them who faild; Freely they stood who stood, and fell who fell. Not free, what proof could they have givn sincere Of true allegiance, constant Faith or Love, Where only what they needs must do, appeard, Not what they would?
Pagina 174 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Pagina 152 - They may be of fome ufe to the lower rank of writers ; but an author of genius has much finer materials of Nature's production, for elevating his fubject, and making it interefting.