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... masters of ancient and legitimate composition ? Is there any passage which pandars to the vitiated taste , or to the polluted affections and passions of bad men ? On the contrary ; Are not the heart and understanding fortified unto ...
... masters of ancient and legitimate composition ? Is there any passage which pandars to the vitiated taste , or to the polluted affections and passions of bad men ? On the contrary ; Are not the heart and understanding fortified unto ...
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... masters of heroick verse , in unlabour- ed ease and flowing dignity , are to my apprehension and judgment , Homer , Ariosto , and the glory of Spain , Alonzo d'Ercilla ( x ) . I have without intention indeed , but with the privilege of ...
... masters of heroick verse , in unlabour- ed ease and flowing dignity , are to my apprehension and judgment , Homer , Ariosto , and the glory of Spain , Alonzo d'Ercilla ( x ) . I have without intention indeed , but with the privilege of ...
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... master - piece is that wonderful and unequalled performance , Absalom and Achitophel . He presents to us an heroick subject in heroick numbers , a well - constructed allegory , and a forcible appeal to our best feelings and passions ...
... master - piece is that wonderful and unequalled performance , Absalom and Achitophel . He presents to us an heroick subject in heroick numbers , a well - constructed allegory , and a forcible appeal to our best feelings and passions ...
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... intel- lect . His works are so generally read and studied , that I should not merely fatigue , but I should almost insult you by such a needless disquisition . As As a disciple of these great masters , and full [ 36 ]
... intel- lect . His works are so generally read and studied , that I should not merely fatigue , but I should almost insult you by such a needless disquisition . As As a disciple of these great masters , and full [ 36 ]
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Thomas James Mathias. As a disciple of these great masters , and full of that spirit which an unbroken and an honourable intimacy with their works has inspired , I now present myself a votary at their temple ; and in some measure clothed ...
Thomas James Mathias. As a disciple of these great masters , and full of that spirit which an unbroken and an honourable intimacy with their works has inspired , I now present myself a votary at their temple ; and in some measure clothed ...
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Page 249 - For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Page 428 - Wise men have said are wearisome; who reads Incessantly, and to his reading brings not A spirit and judgment equal or superior (And what he brings, what needs he elsewhere seek) Uncertain and unsettled still remains, Deep versed in books and shallow in himself, Crude or intoxicate, collecting toys, And trifles for choice matters, worth a sponge; As children gathering pebbles on the shore.
Page 107 - The notes I could wish to be very large, in what relates to the persons concerned; for I have long observed that twenty miles from London nobody understands hints, initial letters, or town facts and passages; and in a few years not even those who live in London.
Page 189 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave. Await alike the' inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 238 - Our peasantry now read the Rights of Man on mountains, and moors, and by the way side; and shepherds make the analogy between their occupation and that of their governors.
Page 250 - And, skill'd at whist, devotes the night to play : Then, while such honours bloom around his head, Shall he sit sadly by the sick man's bed, To raise the hope he feels not, or with zeal To combat fears that e'en the pious feel?
Page 433 - I approve highly of lord Chatham's idea of infusing a portion of new health into the constitution, to enable it to bear its infirmities (a brilliant expression, and full of intrinsic wisdom) other reasons occur in persuading me to adopt it.
Page 302 - He scorns, in apathy, to float or dream On listless Satisfaction's torpid stream, But dares, ALONE, in vent'rous bark to ride Down turbulent Delight's tempestuous tide. With thoughts...
Page 247 - I take to be the discovery of the certainty or probability of such propositions or truths, which the mind arrives at by deduction made from such ideas which it has got by the use of its natural faculties, viz. by sensation or reflection.
Page 249 - And it came to pass at that time, when Eli was laid down in his place, and his eyes began to wax dim, that he could not see ; and ere the lamp of God went out in the temple of the LORD, where the ark of God was, and Samuel was laid down to sleep; that the LORD called Samuel: and he answered, Here am I.