...teachers befl Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief fententious precepts, while they treat 264 Of fate, and chance, and change in human life ; High actions, and high paffions heft defcribing : Thence 262. In Chorus «r Iambic,'] Theft may be faid to be the two conftituent...

...obedient, And most humble Servant, JOHN PENN. Spring Gardens, April 6, 1796. ' What the lofty giare tragedians taught. In CHORUS or IAMBIC ; teachers...life, High actions and high passions best describing. PAKADISI DRAMATIS PERSONS. MEN. ALFRED King of England. EDM UKD, the Son and Heir of Alfred, then very...

...grave tragedians taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of...describing : Thence to the famous orators repair, 1 hose ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook th' arsenal...

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...grave tragedians taught In Chorus or lambick, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight receivM In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of...life, High actions and high passions best describing: Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal,...

...tragedians taught In Chorus or lambick, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight receiv'd In br}ef sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and...life, High actions and high passions best describing: Those ancient, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal,...

...In brief sententious precepts, while tbey treat Of'fatr, and chanee, and change in human life, 265 High actions and high passions best describing : Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancient, whose resistless floqwBCe Wielded at will that tierce democratic, To Macedon and A rt;i\ rr...

...teachers best Of moral wisdom, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they teach Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions and high passimu best describing !" These last two lines how pregnant! They involve the whole Philosophy of...

...men, inculcating on both sexes examples of real aud universal wisdom. Hear the severe Milton — " Thence what the lofty, grave Tragedians taught In...life, High actions and high passions best describing." Par. Regained, book IT. This description, it must be owned, is more suited to the ancient than the...

...centuries of advancing culture and refinement at length produce their fruit in the Greek tragedians, — " teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received...life, High actions and high passions best describing." A later age brings forth the polished Virgil, whose taste and elegance evince his careful study of...