Impartial Strictures on the Poem Called "The Pursuits of Literature:": And Particularly a Vindication of the Romance of "The Monk" ...J. Bell, 1798 - 56 من الصفحات |
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... Notes , that they are of a ftructure peculiar to themselves and it certainly differs not more from the gene- ral plan of compofition in any thing than it does in this , that the Poetry is read on account of the Notes , whereas in general ...
... Notes , that they are of a ftructure peculiar to themselves and it certainly differs not more from the gene- ral plan of compofition in any thing than it does in this , that the Poetry is read on account of the Notes , whereas in general ...
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... Notes , there is no great room for commenda- tion . Indeed it is a mifapplication of terms to call it a Poem . There is a total want of plan , and an infufficiency both of ob- ject and defign , neceffary to entitle it to that ...
... Notes , there is no great room for commenda- tion . Indeed it is a mifapplication of terms to call it a Poem . There is a total want of plan , and an infufficiency both of ob- ject and defign , neceffary to entitle it to that ...
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... notes , bonds , deeds , receipts , fac - fimilies , " And all that lawyers feign for proper fees ? " Or thefe , " Enough for me great Shakefpear's word to hear , Though but in common with the vulgar ear ... note , or horn - book in ( 6 )
... notes , bonds , deeds , receipts , fac - fimilies , " And all that lawyers feign for proper fees ? " Or thefe , " Enough for me great Shakefpear's word to hear , Though but in common with the vulgar ear ... note , or horn - book in ( 6 )
الصفحة 7
... note , or horn - book in my head , " Ritfon's coarse trash , or lumber of the dead ; " When flippant wit , and book - learn'd confidence " Alone give right to science , tafte , and sense ; " When modest worth by idle boafting's fhewn ...
... note , or horn - book in my head , " Ritfon's coarse trash , or lumber of the dead ; " When flippant wit , and book - learn'd confidence " Alone give right to science , tafte , and sense ; " When modest worth by idle boafting's fhewn ...
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... the highest degree of admiration , and whofe company they seek out of an oftenta- tious vanity , but to whofe neceffities they will not afford the fmalleft relief . C2 Had Had it not been for the Notes , the Purfuits ( II )
... the highest degree of admiration , and whofe company they seek out of an oftenta- tious vanity , but to whofe neceffities they will not afford the fmalleft relief . C2 Had Had it not been for the Notes , the Purfuits ( II )
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againſt alfo allufion alſo anſwer appears aſk BARBADORO becauſe beſt cafe cauſe character CHARLES SMALL claffical compofition confider conftitution Council of Florence criticiſm defign defire deſcription diſcover Effay expreffion faid fame fatire feems feen fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething ftate ftile ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure genius GEORGE CHALMERS himſelf Horace Houſe imitation inftance itſelf juftice Juvenal laft laſt LEARNED CRITIC leaſt lefs LETTER literary Lord Lord Liverpool mafter means meaſure Minifter moft MORNING CHRONICLE moſt muft muſt myſelf never obfervations occafion opinion paffage paffed perfon Philofopher Pindar Pitt pleaſed pleaſure Poem Poet poetical poetry Pope praiſe prefent profe publiſhed Purfuits of Literature purpoſe Pybus quotation reader reaſon reſemblance reſpect Ruffias Santon ſay ſhall ſome ſpeak ſpirit thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tranflation Treaſury underſtand uſe Virgil whofe words writer
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الصفحة 2 - 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!
الصفحة 101 - Though he inherit Nor the pride, nor ample pinion, That the Theban eagle bear, Sailing with supreme dominion Through the azure deep of air...
الصفحة 62 - tis enough to temper and employ ; But what compofes Man , can Man deftroy ? Suffice that Reafon keep to Nature's road , 1 1 S Snbject, compound them, follow her and God. Love , Hope , and Joy , fair pleafure's fmiling train , Hate , Fear , and Grief, the family of pain , Thefe mix'd "with art , and to due bounds confin'd , Make and maintain the balance of the mind...
الصفحة 9 - And more than Echoes talk along the walls. Here, as I watch'd the dying lamps around, From yonder shrine I heard a hollow sound. 'Come, sister, come!' (it said, or seem'd to say) 'Thy place is here, sad sister, come away! Once like thyself, I trembled, wept, and pray'd, Love's victim then, tho...
الصفحة 47 - He fasted in the day-time, and watched in the night. All the inhabitants of the country had such a great veneration for him, and so highly valued his prayers, that they commonly applied to him, when they had any favour to beg of Heaven. When he made vows for the health of a sick person, the patient was immediately cured. It happened that the daughter of the king of that country fell into a dangerous distemper, the cause of which the physicians could not discover, yet they...
الصفحة 100 - Oreo. multa Dircaeum levat aura cycnum, tendit, Antoni, quotiens in altos nubium tractus. ego apis Matinae more modoque grata carpentis thyma per laborem plurimum circa nemus uvidique 30 Tiburis ripas operosa parvus carmina flngo.
الصفحة 104 - Pallas guarded through the dreadful field ; Might darts be bid to turn their points away, And swords around him innocently play; The war's whole art with wonder had he seen, And counted heroes where he counted men. So fought each host, with thirst of glory fired, And crowds on crowds triumphantly expired.
الصفحة 125 - The figur'd games of Greece the column grace; Neptune and Jove furvey the rapid race : The youths hang o'er their chariots as they run; The fiery fteeds...
الصفحة 48 - ... he suggested to him. But the officers before they would yield to leave the princess, sent one of their number to know the king's pleasure. That monarch, who had an entire confidence in Barsisa, never in the least scrupled the trusting of his daughter with him.
الصفحة 32 - The LEARNED CRITIC calls for this liberality of judgment in behalf of the Poets, with whom particularly he was concerned. I find myfelf, juft at this prefent, very much difpofed to claim the fame confideration for the writers in Profe; having in my mind two paffages from two celebrated writers in that form, which I am ftrongly tempted to fend you. The late Dr. Ogden, who in my judgment holds the very higheft rank amongft the moji eminent preachers, in one of thofe excellent fermons on the fifth commandment,...