Anecdotes of Polite Literature ...G. Burnet, 1764 |
Términos y frases comunes
Addiſon admirable Alcamenes art de conjecturer bring certain taunts cauſes compoſed compoſition criticifm critics is reaſonable critique elle-meme deſcription deſerves diſplay a haughty diſputed elegy eſt excellent ridicule fatirized favourite's reputa fince firſt fome fore his criticisms fuch genius haughty infolence hiſtorian hiſtory infolence of deciſion injudicious and malevolent itſelf Journal des Sçavans judgments are humour juſt juſtneſs la verité liger wrote lordſhip Monody moſt nerality obſerves paffa paſſage philoſophers pieces pleaſing pluſieurs poem poet poetry been obliged pointed at ſuch preſent publiſhed racter raiſe his favourite's reſſemble le mieux ridicule of injudicious Rouſſeau ſame ſays ſcience ſeems ſeen ſentiments ſeveral judgments ſhaft of ridicule ſhall ſhould be defeated ſhow ſome ſpeak ſpecies of litera ſpirit ſtate ſtatue ſtrokes ſubject ſuch proper objects taſte taunts and reflections tempted to raiſe theſe thoſe Tibullus tion ture extremely uſe verfification verſe whoſe world with diffidence Young here mentions
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Página 99 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th
Página 12 - ... not the generous efforts of a virtuous mind be rewarded? In a word, shall the corporeal world be all order and harmony, the intellectual discord and confusion ? He who is bigot enough to believe these things, must bid adieu to that natural rule, of
Página 113 - Sweet babes, who, like the little playful fawns, Were wont to trip along these verdant lawns...
Página 14 - Thro' which the mind's all gentle graces shine ? They, like the sun, irradiate all between ; The body charms because the soul is seen. Hence, men are often captives of a face, They know not why, of no peculiar grace : Some forms, tho' bright, no mortal man can bear ; Some, none resist, tho
Página 38 - With that low cunning which in fools supplies, And amply too, the place of being wise, Which Nature, kind indulgent parent, gave To qualify the blockhead for a knave...
Página 113 - ... playful fawns, Were wont to trip along these verdant lawns By your delighted mother's side, Who now your infant steps shall guide...
Página 117 - A nation here I pity, and admire, Whom nobleft fentiments of glory fire, Yet taught by cuftom's force, and bigot fear, To ferve with pride, and boaft the yoke they bear : Whofe Nobles born to cringe, and to command, In courts a mean, in camps a gen'rous band ; From each low tool of pow'r content receive Thofe laws, their dreaded arms to Europe give. Whofe people vain in want, in bondage bleft, Tho...
Página 49 - Here let me bend, great Dryden, at thy shrine, Thou dearest name to all the tuneful nine. What if some dull lines in cold order creep, And with his theme the poet seems to sleep, Still, when his subject rises proud to view, With equal strength the Poet rises too. With strong invention, noblest vigour fraught, Thought still springs up and rises out of thought ; Numbers ennobling numbers in their...
Página 17 - There is not perhaps any real beauty or deformity more in one piece of matter than another...