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Page xxiii
... once to the oppofite extreme . For this reafon perhaps it is , that young authors , who poffefs fome degree of Genius , affect on all occafions a florid manner , and clothe their fentiments in the dress of imagery . To them nothing ...
... once to the oppofite extreme . For this reafon perhaps it is , that young authors , who poffefs fome degree of Genius , affect on all occafions a florid manner , and clothe their fentiments in the dress of imagery . To them nothing ...
Page xxxi
... once to a state of greater perfection by the perfons who introduced it , than it could have arrived at in a more improved and enlightened æra . You will obferve , my Lord , that these circumftances were all of them unfavourable to Lyric ...
... once to a state of greater perfection by the perfons who introduced it , than it could have arrived at in a more improved and enlightened æra . You will obferve , my Lord , that these circumftances were all of them unfavourable to Lyric ...
Page xl
... once arreft the attention , and be im- preffed upon the memory . This , according to Ariftotle , was the first drefs in which Poetry made its appearance . You will , my Lord , I make no queftion , readily ac- knowledge , that in all ...
... once arreft the attention , and be im- preffed upon the memory . This , according to Ariftotle , was the first drefs in which Poetry made its appearance . You will , my Lord , I make no queftion , readily ac- knowledge , that in all ...
Page xliv
... once to a state of matu- rity , among a people confecrated to the service of God . Among the examples of this kind , which these may be prefumed to have left for imitation in Egypt , it is pro- bable that ingenious Foreigners ...
... once to a state of matu- rity , among a people confecrated to the service of God . Among the examples of this kind , which these may be prefumed to have left for imitation in Egypt , it is pro- bable that ingenious Foreigners ...
Page xlvi
... once a vehicle to convey the principles of Science . MUSEUS , the pupil of Orpheus , who carried on the fame defign with his Master , is faid to have been the Priest of Ceres at Athens ; near which city he fung his verses , in a place ...
... once a vehicle to convey the principles of Science . MUSEUS , the pupil of Orpheus , who carried on the fame defign with his Master , is faid to have been the Priest of Ceres at Athens ; near which city he fung his verses , in a place ...
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addreffed Anacreon beamy beauty becauſe bloom bofom breaft breath burfts burſt cifed circumftance cloud compofition Criticiſm darkneſs deſcription deſpair diverfified dreadful Effay ev'ry expreffion faid fame fays fcene felect fentiment fhade fhall fighs fimple firft firſt fkies flame foar folemn fome foul fpecies ftand ftill ftrain fubject fublime fuch fuperior Genius glow heav'n heav'nly himſelf Iliad illuftration imagination infpire laſt leaſt likewife looſe Lord Lordship lyre Lyric Poetry meaſure melting mind moſt mufic mufing muſt nature neceffary o'er obferve occafion Orpheus paffage paffion pale perfons Pindar pleaſure Poem Poet poetic pow'r praiſe prefent purpoſe purſue racter raiſe reader reaſon rifing roſe Sappho ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiling ſome ſphere ſtood ſtream thefe theme theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throng tow'ring tranſport trembling uſe waſte whofe whoſe wild wing γαρ δε εν και μεν
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Page xxxix - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page xi - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Page cxxiii - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Page c - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Page 39 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 101 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Page 98 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Page xxxiii - Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly ; the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea.
Page xxxiv - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Page cvi - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.