A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer; and sold, 1757 - 76 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 31
... juft one and very natural , yet there is perhaps no other authority for the use of it , but in these two poets . And Milton had certainly read Apol- lonius . 2. What 2. What the fame critic obferves of Milton's , " OF IMITATION . 31.
... juft one and very natural , yet there is perhaps no other authority for the use of it , but in these two poets . And Milton had certainly read Apol- lonius . 2. What 2. What the fame critic obferves of Milton's , " OF IMITATION . 31.
الصفحة 38
... use the sea for his looking- glass . But is Virgil so happy when his little land - man fays , Nec fum adeo informis : nuper me in littore vidi , Cùm placidum ventis ftaret mare — His wonderful judgment for once deserted him , or he ...
... use the sea for his looking- glass . But is Virgil so happy when his little land - man fays , Nec fum adeo informis : nuper me in littore vidi , Cùm placidum ventis ftaret mare — His wonderful judgment for once deserted him , or he ...
الصفحة 40
... use , just and pertinent to a fubject to which it had naturally no relation . Befides , there is an abfurdity in fpeaking of a shower's doing injury to the fea by falling into it . But the thing illuftrated by this comparison re ...
... use , just and pertinent to a fubject to which it had naturally no relation . Befides , there is an abfurdity in fpeaking of a shower's doing injury to the fea by falling into it . But the thing illuftrated by this comparison re ...
الصفحة 42
... use of this fimile , and his con- cluding with Lord Rofcommon's fatisfaction at his remark , betray , I think , an anxiety to pass for origi- nal , under the consciousness of being but an imita- tor . So that if we were to meet with a ...
... use of this fimile , and his con- cluding with Lord Rofcommon's fatisfaction at his remark , betray , I think , an anxiety to pass for origi- nal , under the consciousness of being but an imita- tor . So that if we were to meet with a ...
الصفحة 61
... use more words to convince you , that the diftinction of cafual and defign'd imitation is still of less fignificancy in this class of imitations , than the other . And with this preamble , more particular perhaps and circumstantial than ...
... use more words to convince you , that the diftinction of cafual and defign'd imitation is still of less fignificancy in this class of imitations , than the other . And with this preamble , more particular perhaps and circumstantial than ...
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الصفحة 30 - Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd or difabus'd; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd: The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world...
الصفحة 17 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
الصفحة 55 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk...
الصفحة 7 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
الصفحة 43 - Bear me, some god ! oh quickly bear me hence To wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense ; Where Contemplation prunes her ruffled wings, And the free soul looks down to pity kings ! There sober thought pursued th' amusing theme, Till fancy colour'd it, and form'da dream.
الصفحة 43 - Oft feeks to fweet retired folitude, Where with her beft nurfe contemplation She plumes her feathers and lets grow her wings, That in the various buftle of refort Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd.
الصفحة 33 - Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Defcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw its fires here rife, and there...
الصفحة 23 - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
الصفحة 20 - To lie in coldobftruftion, and to rot ; This fenfible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted fpirit To bathe in fiery floods...
الصفحة 13 - All muft be falfe that thwart this One great End ; And all of God, that blefs Mankind or mend.