Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum: With an English Commentary and Notes, to which are Added Critical Dissertations, المجلد 3A. Millar, 1766 |
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الصفحة 28
... fhould chufe to urge fuch parallels , when found ,: for proofs of his imitation of the ancients , would only run the hazard of being reput- ed , by men of fenfe , as poor a critic of human nature , as of his author . I fay this with ...
... fhould chufe to urge fuch parallels , when found ,: for proofs of his imitation of the ancients , would only run the hazard of being reput- ed , by men of fenfe , as poor a critic of human nature , as of his author . I fay this with ...
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... fhould fuppofe it would be in favour of the father of poetry , whose writings all have agreed to fet up as the very prodigy of human invention . And yet a very learned profeffor [ ] ( to pass over many flighter Effays ) hath compiled a ...
... fhould fuppofe it would be in favour of the father of poetry , whose writings all have agreed to fet up as the very prodigy of human invention . And yet a very learned profeffor [ ] ( to pass over many flighter Effays ) hath compiled a ...
الصفحة 47
... fhould leaft expect it , in his Georgics . But the faireft opportunity offered in his great defign of the Aeneis . Here one fhould fuppofe , the whole bent of his genius would exert itself . And we are not disappointed . I fpeak not of ...
... fhould leaft expect it , in his Georgics . But the faireft opportunity offered in his great defign of the Aeneis . Here one fhould fuppofe , the whole bent of his genius would exert itself . And we are not disappointed . I fpeak not of ...
الصفحة 52
... fhould hit on the fame at- titudes , or employ him in the fame manner . When Mercury is fent to command the de- parture of Ulyffes from Calypfo , our pre- vious acquaintance with the hero's character makes us expect to find him in the ...
... fhould hit on the fame at- titudes , or employ him in the fame manner . When Mercury is fent to command the de- parture of Ulyffes from Calypfo , our pre- vious acquaintance with the hero's character makes us expect to find him in the ...
الصفحة 59
... fhould accord in the choice of the very fame ; more espe- cially when defcribed with the fame circum- ftances . But we forget , that the fame ma- terials are left in common to all poets , and that the very circumstances , alledged , can ...
... fhould accord in the choice of the very fame ; more espe- cially when defcribed with the fame circum- ftances . But we forget , that the fame ma- terials are left in common to all poets , and that the very circumstances , alledged , can ...
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Aeneis affections allufion almoſt antient becauſe befides beft beſt cafe Catullus cenfured character cifed circumftance conclufion confideration copied correfponding defcribed defcription defign diftinct eafily Effay epic epic poetry eſpecially Euripides expreffion exprefs faid fame fancy feem feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould figns fimilar fingle fion firſt fituation fome fometimes fpeaking fpecies fpirit ftill ftriking fubject fucceeding fuch fufpicion fuggefts fuppofe fure furniſh genius ginal GONDIBERT Greek hath himſelf Homer idea imagery imita imitation inftance invention itſelf juft juſt laft language leaft leaſt lefs manner ment Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation objects occafion original Ovid paffage paffion perfon philofophy pleaſure poem poet poetry prefent purpoſe racters reader reafon refemblance reflexions refpect reprefentation Shakeſpear ſpeak Statius thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion tranflated ture ufually underſtand univerfally uſe Virgil whofe words writers
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الصفحة 178 - 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 193 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
الصفحة 160 - 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 164 - 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 169 - Shakespeare, forget that the Pagan Imagery was familiar to all the Poets of his time ; and that abundance of this sort of learning was to be picked up from almost every English book that he could take into his hands.
الصفحة 229 - You that, too wife for pride, too good for pow'r, Enjoy the glory to be great no more, And, carrying with you all the world can boaft, To all the world...
الصفحة 9 - ... been joined, but were afterwards separated from each other by some ' God, for the sake of opening in the midst that large plain which stretches in ' length to about five miles, and in breadth a hundred paces or in some parts
الصفحة 203 - Nature deign'd to lend, As that the walls (worn thin) permit the mind To look out thorough, and his frailty find.
الصفحة 178 - All feafons and thir change, all pleafe alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rifing fweet, With charm of earlieft Birds; pleafant the...
الصفحة 165 - Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres, Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave, As loth to leave the body that it loved, And linked itself by carnal sensualty To a degenerate and degraded state.