An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie: Including Many of His Original Letters, المجلد 1E. Roper, 1824 |
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... truth than novelty , that " the lives of men of letters seldom abound with incidents . A reader of sense and taste , therefore , " continues he , " never expects to find , in the memoirs of a philosopher or poet , the same species of ...
... truth than novelty , that " the lives of men of letters seldom abound with incidents . A reader of sense and taste , therefore , " continues he , " never expects to find , in the memoirs of a philosopher or poet , the same species of ...
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... TRUTH IN THE YEAR 1770 . THIS event of Beattie's election to be one of the ushers of the grammar - school at Aberdeen , humble as the appointment was for a man of his talents and acquired knowledge , yet forms a memorable epoch in his ...
... TRUTH IN THE YEAR 1770 . THIS event of Beattie's election to be one of the ushers of the grammar - school at Aberdeen , humble as the appointment was for a man of his talents and acquired knowledge , yet forms a memorable epoch in his ...
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... truth . It would be curious , in many instances ( continues the author whom I quote ) , to trace the history of those literary compositions , which have instructed or amused the world , and to mark their progress from their first rude ...
... truth . It would be curious , in many instances ( continues the author whom I quote ) , to trace the history of those literary compositions , which have instructed or amused the world , and to mark their progress from their first rude ...
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... truth and nature in poetry , even by the strong torrent of applause with which that singular production was received at that time , by the learned as well as unlearned of this country . LETTER IV . DR . BEATTIE TO ROBERT ARBUTHNOT , ESQ ...
... truth and nature in poetry , even by the strong torrent of applause with which that singular production was received at that time , by the learned as well as unlearned of this country . LETTER IV . DR . BEATTIE TO ROBERT ARBUTHNOT , ESQ ...
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... Truth . In this letter , mention also is made of a poem under the title of the Grotesquiad , which I never either saw or heard of . It was undoubtedly of the mock - heroic or satiric kind , a species of poetry of which Dr. Beattie used ...
... Truth . In this letter , mention also is made of a poem under the title of the Grotesquiad , which I never either saw or heard of . It was undoubtedly of the mock - heroic or satiric kind , a species of poetry of which Dr. Beattie used ...
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الصفحة 100 - Shoot the trembling chords along ; Sword, that once a monarch bore, Keep the tissue close and strong. Mista, black terrific maid, Sangrida, and Hilda, see, Join the wayward work to aid : 'Tis the woof of victory.
الصفحة 5 - Thy shades, thy silence now be mine, Thy charms my only theme; My haunt the hollow cliff, whose pine Waves o'er the gloomy stream; Whence the scared owl on pinions gray Breaks from the rustling boughs, And down the lone vale sails away To more profound repose.
الصفحة 268 - Reynolds, who was the intimate and beloved friend of that great man ; the friend whom he declared to be " the most invulnerable man he knew ; whom, if he should quarrel with him, he should find the most difficulty how to abuse.
الصفحة 14 - Where be your gibes now ? your gambols ? your songs ? your flashes of merriment, that were wont to set the table in a roar ? Not one now, to mock your own grinning?
الصفحة 37 - Goddess' pensive form was seen. Her robe of Nature's varied green Waved on the gale ; grief dimm'd her radiant eyes, Her bosom heaved with boding sighs : She eyed the main ; where, gaining on the view, Emerging from th' ethereal blue, Midst the dread pomp of war, Blazed the Iberian streamer from afar.
الصفحة 101 - HELA'S drear abode. Him the Dog of Darkness spied, His shaggy throat he open'd wide, While from his jaws, with carnage fill'd, Foam and human gore distill'd : Hoarse he bays with hideous din, Eyes that glow, and fangs, that grin ; 10 And long pursues, with fruitless yell, The Father of the powerful spell.
الصفحة 79 - Virgil ? and sometimes complain of sore eyes (though not of lippitude], like Horace ? Am I not at this present writing invested with a garment not less ragged than that of Socrates ? Like Joseph the patriarch, I am a mighty dreamer of dreams ; like Nimrod the hunter, I ani an eminent builder of castles (in the air).
الصفحة 262 - The Doctor afterwards told me, that it was a most uncommon thing for a private man, and a commoner, to be honoured with so long an audience. I dined with Dr. and Mrs. Majendie, and their family, and returned to town in the evening, very much pleased with the occurrences of the day.
الصفحة 162 - Its public entry was rather obscure, except only that Dr Hurd wrote a pamphlet against it, with all the illiberal petulance, arrogance and scurrility, which distinguish the Warburtonian school. This pamphlet gave me some consolation for the otherwise indifferent reception of my performance.
الصفحة 22 - The meetings of this society were held weekly, and afforded the members (beside the advantages to be derived from a mutual communication of their sentiments on the common objects of their pursuit) an opportunity of subjecting their intended publications to the test of friendly criticism.