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Page ix
... Let us next fee what he would make of the nobleft paffage in the most perfect of human pro- ductions ; I mean Homer's celebrated defcription of the Omnipotent , Omnipotent , with the thrones of Heaven trembling at his PRE F A C E. ix.
... Let us next fee what he would make of the nobleft paffage in the most perfect of human pro- ductions ; I mean Homer's celebrated defcription of the Omnipotent , Omnipotent , with the thrones of Heaven trembling at his PRE F A C E. ix.
Page xxiv
... perfect poife , which is neceffary to conftitute con- fummate excellence . FROM this account of the different manners , in which the faculties of the mind exert themselves in the sphere of compofition , your Lordship will immediately ...
... perfect poife , which is neceffary to conftitute con- fummate excellence . FROM this account of the different manners , in which the faculties of the mind exert themselves in the sphere of compofition , your Lordship will immediately ...
Page xxix
... perfect , when it is first introduced ; and these circumstances were favourable to the Authors of the Eclogue . But what- ever fome Readers may think , your Lordship will not look upon it as a paradox , to affirm , that the fame causes ...
... perfect , when it is first introduced ; and these circumstances were favourable to the Authors of the Eclogue . But what- ever fome Readers may think , your Lordship will not look upon it as a paradox , to affirm , that the fame causes ...
Page xxx
... perfect pa- storal was justly drawn from the writings of those Au- thors who first attempted to excel in it " . THOUGH We must acknowledge , that the poetic repre- fentations of a golden Age are chimerical , and that de- - Toute Poefie ...
... perfect pa- storal was justly drawn from the writings of those Au- thors who first attempted to excel in it " . THOUGH We must acknowledge , that the poetic repre- fentations of a golden Age are chimerical , and that de- - Toute Poefie ...
Page xxxii
... perfect pattern of juft and corrected compofition . FROM these observations laid together , your Lordship will judge of the state of Lyric Poetry , when it was first introduced , and will perhaps be inclined to affent to a part of the ...
... perfect pattern of juft and corrected compofition . FROM these observations laid together , your Lordship will judge of the state of Lyric Poetry , when it was first introduced , and will perhaps be inclined to affent to a part of the ...
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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.