An Analytical Inquiry Into the Principles of Taste |
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... Italian , and beau in the French , being constantly applied to moral and intellectual , as well as to physical or ... Italy , called St. Calogero , the general patron of all medicinal baths , salubrious springs , excavated rocks , & c ...
... Italian , and beau in the French , being constantly applied to moral and intellectual , as well as to physical or ... Italy , called St. Calogero , the general patron of all medicinal baths , salubrious springs , excavated rocks , & c ...
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... Italian over all modern lan- guages , both for poetry and music , and the superiority of the Greek , particularly the pri- mitive Homeric Greek , over all others both ancient and modern . 23. Attempts have been made , both in an- cient ...
... Italian over all modern lan- guages , both for poetry and music , and the superiority of the Greek , particularly the pri- mitive Homeric Greek , over all others both ancient and modern . 23. Attempts have been made , both in an- cient ...
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... Italian standard of pronunciation . It is common , too , in each of these nations , and in none more common than our own , to meet with learned persons , who , while they pro- nounce without any regard to quantity , are extremely acute ...
... Italian standard of pronunciation . It is common , too , in each of these nations , and in none more common than our own , to meet with learned persons , who , while they pro- nounce without any regard to quantity , are extremely acute ...
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... Italian ; in which , the earliest au- thority , that I can find for it , is that of Redi , one of the original academicians of la Crusca , who flourished towards the end of the sixteenth century . The Spanish does not appear to have yet ...
... Italian ; in which , the earliest au- thority , that I can find for it , is that of Redi , one of the original academicians of la Crusca , who flourished towards the end of the sixteenth century . The Spanish does not appear to have yet ...
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... Italian language , by which the meaning of all ad- jectives ending in esco is precisely ascertained , pittoresco must mean , after the manner of painters : whence we may reasonably infer that painting had , at that time , appropriated ...
... Italian language , by which the meaning of all ad- jectives ending in esco is precisely ascertained , pittoresco must mean , after the manner of painters : whence we may reasonably infer that painting had , at that time , appropriated ...
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Page 357 - Above them all the archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd; and care Sat on his faded cheek; but under brows .Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss,) condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 396 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 352 - Be innocent of the knowledge , dearest chuck , Till thou applaud the deed. — Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 245 - THAT HE HAD A HEAD TO CONTRIVE, A TONGUE TO PERSUADE, AND A HAND TO EXECUTE ANY MISCHIEF.
Page 395 - Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 9 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion: but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and can not but fancy, that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre.
Page 397 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 395 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to* trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, thro...
Page 369 - When danger or pain press too nearly, they are incapable of giving any delight, and are simply terrible; but at certain distances, and with certain modifications, they may be, and they are delightful, as we every day experience.
Page 395 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.