Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance: by the Reverend Doctor Hurd. In Three VolumesT. Cadell in the Strand, 1776 |
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الصفحة 48
... object of a Gentleman fhould be an intimate study and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard for for his decyphering . Yet others are easier and more 48 ON ...
... object of a Gentleman fhould be an intimate study and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard for for his decyphering . Yet others are easier and more 48 ON ...
الصفحة 50
... objects of that knowledge were not every where much the fame ! Bigotry or Fanaticifm in religion , selfish or factious intrigues in government , neg- lected or ill - improved agriculture or com merce , infolence and want of discipline ...
... objects of that knowledge were not every where much the fame ! Bigotry or Fanaticifm in religion , selfish or factious intrigues in government , neg- lected or ill - improved agriculture or com merce , infolence and want of discipline ...
الصفحة 70
... object , the public good ; and to that end , that his foul be fired with the love of excellence and true ho- nour : above all , that he have a re- verence for the legal conftitution of his country , country , and a fervent affection for ...
... object , the public good ; and to that end , that his foul be fired with the love of excellence and true ho- nour : above all , that he have a re- verence for the legal conftitution of his country , country , and a fervent affection for ...
الصفحة 76
... ; while the scene is [ 7 ] Α δ ' ἂν μάθοι τις , ταῦτα σώζεσθαι φιλεῖ Πρὸς γῆρας , ὕτω παῖδας εὖ παιδεύε . Eurip . ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ . constantly conftantly changing ; and new objects perpetually springing up before 76 ON THE USES OF.
... ; while the scene is [ 7 ] Α δ ' ἂν μάθοι τις , ταῦτα σώζεσθαι φιλεῖ Πρὸς γῆρας , ὕτω παῖδας εὖ παιδεύε . Eurip . ΙΚΕΤΙΔΕΣ . constantly conftantly changing ; and new objects perpetually springing up before 76 ON THE USES OF.
الصفحة 77
... objects perpetually springing up before him , to folicit the admiration of our young tra- veller . ONE of the greatest fecrets in educa- tion is , to fix the attention of youth : a painful operation ! which requires long ufe and a ...
... objects perpetually springing up before him , to folicit the admiration of our young tra- veller . ONE of the greatest fecrets in educa- tion is , to fix the attention of youth : a painful operation ! which requires long ufe and a ...
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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 328 - There was no example of any such manners remaining on the face of the Earth: And as they never did subsist but once, and are never likely to subsist again, people would be led of course to think and speak of them, as romantic, and unnatural.
الصفحة 207 - ... knights, as to give birth to the attentions of gallantry. But this gallantry would take a refined turn, not only from the...
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 267 - When an architect examines a Gothic structure by Grecian rules, he finds nothing but deformity. But the Gothic architecture has its own rules, by which when it comes to be examined, it is seen to have its merit, as well as the Grecian.
الصفحة 259 - The ancients have not much of this poetry among them ; for, indeed, almost the whole substance of it owes its original to the darkness and superstition of later ages, when pious frauds were made use of to amuse mankind, and frighten them into a sense of their duty.
الصفحة 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
الصفحة 279 - ... his critics seem not to have been aware of it — His chief hero was not to have the twelve virtues in the degree in which the knights had each of them their own...
الصفحة 207 - Virtue fhould be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground And roote of civil converfation : Right fo in faery court it did refound, Where courteous knights and ladies moft did won Of all on earth, and made a matchlefs paragon.
الصفحة 247 - I mean the poetry we still read, and which was founded upon it. Much has been said, and with great truth, of the felicity of Homer's age for poetical manners. But as Homer was a citizen of the world, when he had...