Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several conversations between divers eminent persons, with critical and explanatory notes by the editor [R. Hurd]. With letters on chivalry and romance by mr. Hurd, Band 3 |
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... antient Sages , I could be much entertained with it , if I did not recollect that the more enlighten- ed moderns have , alfo , been of their mind in this inftance . To fay nothing of other countries , which yet have rifen in reputation ...
... antient Sages , I could be much entertained with it , if I did not recollect that the more enlighten- ed moderns have , alfo , been of their mind in this inftance . To fay nothing of other countries , which yet have rifen in reputation ...
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... antient Rhetori- cian , that took upon him to teach others the art of Speaking ; but in fuch a way , fays my author , that if a man had a mind to learn the art of not speaking , he could not have been directed to an abler master . I ...
... antient Rhetori- cian , that took upon him to teach others the art of Speaking ; but in fuch a way , fays my author , that if a man had a mind to learn the art of not speaking , he could not have been directed to an abler master . I ...
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... antient masters , or have made an acquaintance with the style and manner of the politer moderns , that we are far from poffeffing a right taste in these things , and that the Muses have hitherto fhewn themselves but little in- dulgent ...
... antient masters , or have made an acquaintance with the style and manner of the politer moderns , that we are far from poffeffing a right taste in these things , and that the Muses have hitherto fhewn themselves but little in- dulgent ...
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... antient mafters , would I prefume to represent the present state of Erudition , as we fee it managed in certain fublime feats and authorized nurferies amongst us . AND Would you invite our liberal and noble youth to refort thither ...
... antient mafters , would I prefume to represent the present state of Erudition , as we fee it managed in certain fublime feats and authorized nurferies amongst us . AND Would you invite our liberal and noble youth to refort thither ...
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... antient and modern : Above all , that he have a well - exercised under- standing , I mean that he be taught to reafon clearly and confequentially upon any subject : And , further , to put all thefe abilities to ufe , that he have a ...
... antient and modern : Above all , that he have a well - exercised under- standing , I mean that he be taught to reafon clearly and confequentially upon any subject : And , further , to put all thefe abilities to ufe , that he have a ...
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abfurd accompliſhed adventures againſt almoſt antient ARIOSTO beft beſt buſineſs cafe character Chivalry circumſtances civility claffic confideration conftitution converfation Crufades defign difcipline Faery Queen faid fame fancies faſhionable fatire feem feen fenfe ferve feudal feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould focieties fome fomething foreign travel fpeak fpirit ftate ftill ftory ftudies fubject fuch fuperftition fuperior fuppofe furely fyftem genius Gothic Gothic fictions himſelf Iliad inftance itſelf juſt knights knowledge leaft learning leaſt lefs LETTER LOCKE LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship mafters manners ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffed paffion perfons philofopher pleaſe poem poet poffible politenefs prefent proper purpoſe queſtion racter reafon refpect Romance ſcene ſchools Sir TOPAZ SPENSER ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtudy TASSO taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion TOPAZ truth underſtand Univerſities uſe virtue young youth
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Seite 254 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Seite 197 - ... knights, as to give birth to the attentions of gallantry. But this gallantry would take a refined turn, not only from the...
Seite 250 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
Seite 255 - Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Seite 324 - The only favourable circumftance that attended him (and this no doubt encouraged, if it did not produce his untimely project) was, that he was fomewhat befriended in thefe...
Seite 252 - Under this idea then of a Gothic, not classical poem, the Faerie Queene is to be read and criticized. And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted.
Seite 259 - ... grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient Chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...
Seite 270 - This was the poet's moral ; and what way of expressing this moral in the history but by making Prince Arthur appear in each adventure, and in a manner subordinate to its proper hero ? Thus, though inferior to each in his own specific virtue, he is superior to all, by uniting...
Seite 250 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Seite 237 - Liberata into competition with the Iliad. So far as the heroic and Gothic manners are the same, the pictures of each, if well taken, must be equally entertaining. But I go further, and maintain that the circumstances in which they differ are clearly to the advantage of the Gothic designers.