Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, المجلد 3T. Cadell, 1776 |
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... SAY this , because it is no fecret that the civility , we thus acquired , was dear- ly paid for ; and that Irreligion , and even Atheism , were packed up among their choiceft gleanings , and fhewn about , at their return , as ...
... SAY this , because it is no fecret that the civility , we thus acquired , was dear- ly paid for ; and that Irreligion , and even Atheism , were packed up among their choiceft gleanings , and fhewn about , at their return , as ...
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... say , that this impiety of the time was only employed to correct its fuperftition ? And that the philofophic fpirits of that age trafficked in thefe wares , as thinking them a proper anti- dote to fuch as another set of miffionaries ...
... say , that this impiety of the time was only employed to correct its fuperftition ? And that the philofophic fpirits of that age trafficked in thefe wares , as thinking them a proper anti- dote to fuch as another set of miffionaries ...
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... say , in Cells , for a Pedant without manners ; and still lefs , you will fay , in Camps , for a mannered man , without principles or letters ; but , in the world at large , for fome learned and well - accomplished per- fon , who , yet ...
... say , in Cells , for a Pedant without manners ; and still lefs , you will fay , in Camps , for a mannered man , without principles or letters ; but , in the world at large , for fome learned and well - accomplished per- fon , who , yet ...
الصفحة 28
... say nothing of the folitary fe- queftered life , which all men agree to term Savage , look only on those smaller knots and fraternities of men , which meet together in our provincial towns and cities , and , without any larger com ...
... say nothing of the folitary fe- queftered life , which all men agree to term Savage , look only on those smaller knots and fraternities of men , which meet together in our provincial towns and cities , and , without any larger com ...
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... say , are so little pro- found , that I might have spared myself the trouble of making them at all , at least in conversation with a philofopher . Be that as it will ; provided the princi- ples themselves , I am contending for , be well ...
... say , are so little pro- found , that I might have spared myself the trouble of making them at all , at least in conversation with a philofopher . Be that as it will ; provided the princi- ples themselves , I am contending for , be well ...
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الصفحة 265 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
الصفحة 264 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
الصفحة 260 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
الصفحة 263 - Yet we see thro' all his poetry, where his enthusiasm flames out most, a certain predilection for the legends of chivalry before the fables of Greece. This circumstance, you know, has given offence to the austerer and more mechanical critics.
الصفحة 304 - THUS, in the poet's world, all is marvellous and extraordinary; yet not unnatural in one fenfe, as it agrees to the conceptions that are readily entertained of thefe magical and wonder-working natures. THIS trite maxim of following "Nature is further miftaken, in applying it indifcriminately to all forts of poetry.
الصفحة 145 - America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. He may then examine how she appears...
الصفحة 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
الصفحة 300 - They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.
الصفحة 302 - Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure, in general, there are many intellectual beings in the World besides ourselves, and several species of spirits...
الصفحة 269 - ... for all their grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...