A Letter to Mr. Mason: On the Marks of ImitationW. Thurlbourn & J. Woodyer, 1757 - 76 Seiten |
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... plain . When a tafte for letters pre- vail'd in any country , if it arofe at firft from the ef- forts of original thinking , it was immediately che- rish'd and cultivated by the ftudy of the old writers . You are too well acquainted ...
... plain . When a tafte for letters pre- vail'd in any country , if it arofe at firft from the ef- forts of original thinking , it was immediately che- rish'd and cultivated by the ftudy of the old writers . You are too well acquainted ...
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... plain or probable at least , that he did imitate . Of these circumstances then , the first I should think deferving our attention , is the AGE in which the writer lived . One should know if it were an age addicted to much study , and in ...
... plain or probable at least , that he did imitate . Of these circumstances then , the first I should think deferving our attention , is the AGE in which the writer lived . One should know if it were an age addicted to much study , and in ...
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... plains about him " - It is easy to fee that his Vine and Cedar are not of English growth , but transplanted from Judæa . I dó not mention this as an impropriety in the poet , who , for the greater folemnity of his prediction , and even ...
... plains about him " - It is easy to fee that his Vine and Cedar are not of English growth , but transplanted from Judæa . I dó not mention this as an impropriety in the poet , who , for the greater folemnity of his prediction , and even ...
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... plain that these are not the Sentiments which any man entertain'd of Death in the writer's age or in that of the speaker . We fee in this paffage a mixture of Chriftian and Pagan ideas ; all of them very fuf- ceptible of poetical ...
... plain that these are not the Sentiments which any man entertain'd of Death in the writer's age or in that of the speaker . We fee in this paffage a mixture of Chriftian and Pagan ideas ; all of them very fuf- ceptible of poetical ...
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... fhow'rs , that needed not at all the courtesy , When the poor plains have languish'd for the want , And almoft burnt afunder " C 4 Brennoralt . A.111 . S.I. I don't I don't ftay to examine how far the fancy of OF IMITATION . 39.
... fhow'rs , that needed not at all the courtesy , When the poor plains have languish'd for the want , And almoft burnt afunder " C 4 Brennoralt . A.111 . S.I. I don't I don't ftay to examine how far the fancy of OF IMITATION . 39.
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Seite 30 - Created half to rise, and half to fall: Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of truth, in endless error hurl'd; The glory jest, and riddle of the world!
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...
Seite 7 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Seite 57 - Oh, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods! Oh, 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death...
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...