A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1757 - 76 Seiten |
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... On the other hand , when a man of the world took it into his head , the other day , in a moping fit , to talk Sentences , every body concluded that this was not the the language of the writer or his fituation , but OF IMITATION . 27.
... On the other hand , when a man of the world took it into his head , the other day , in a moping fit , to talk Sentences , every body concluded that this was not the the language of the writer or his fituation , but OF IMITATION . 27.
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... head more quaintly curl'd ? is ftill more unquestionable . For here is a combina- tion of figns to convict the former of imitation : Not only the fingularity of the image , but the identity of expreffion , and , what I lay the most ...
... head more quaintly curl'd ? is ftill more unquestionable . For here is a combina- tion of figns to convict the former of imitation : Not only the fingularity of the image , but the identity of expreffion , and , what I lay the most ...
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... the Poet given to fuperior Beings only . The confequence is , that the Ape is an object of derifion in the former cafe , of ad- miration , in the latter . C To To conclude this head , I will just observe to OF IMITATION . 33.
... the Poet given to fuperior Beings only . The confequence is , that the Ape is an object of derifion in the former cafe , of ad- miration , in the latter . C To To conclude this head , I will just observe to OF IMITATION . 33.
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On the Marks of Imitation Richard Hurd. To conclude this head , I will just observe to you , that , tho ' the fame uncommon fentiment in two writers be ufually the effect of imitation , yet we cannot affirm this of Actors in real life ...
On the Marks of Imitation Richard Hurd. To conclude this head , I will just observe to you , that , tho ' the fame uncommon fentiment in two writers be ufually the effect of imitation , yet we cannot affirm this of Actors in real life ...
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... head Of a calm river , whom the feet have drown'd ! The reflexion in this place is unneceffary and even impertinent . Who befides ever heard of the feet of a river ? Of arms , we have . And fo it ftood in John- fon's original . Greatest ...
... head Of a calm river , whom the feet have drown'd ! The reflexion in this place is unneceffary and even impertinent . Who befides ever heard of the feet of a river ? Of arms , we have . And fo it ftood in John- fon's original . Greatest ...
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Seite 43 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
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Seite 43 - Bear me, some god ! oh quickly bear me hence To wholesome solitude, the nurse of sense ; Where Contemplation prunes her ruffled wings, And the free soul looks down to pity kings ! There sober thought pursued th' amusing theme, Till fancy colour'd it, and form'da dream.
Seite 55 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk...
Seite 17 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Seite 23 - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Seite 20 - To lie in coldobftruftion, and to rot ; This fenfible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted fpirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Seite 33 - Superior beings, when of late they faw A mortal Man unfold all Nature's Law, Admir'd fuch wifdom in an earthly fhape, And fhew'da NEWTON as we fhew an Ape. Could he, whofe rules the rapid Comet bind, 35 Defcribe or fix one movement of his Mind ? Who faw its fires here rife, and there...