An Essay on the Genius and Writings of Pope, Band 2J. Dodsley, 1782 |
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... taste for these studies . The only fault lies , in letting any of thofe inferior taftes , en- grofs the whole man to the exclufion of the nobler pursuits of virtue and humanity * . " We may here apply an elegant obfervation of Tully ...
... taste for these studies . The only fault lies , in letting any of thofe inferior taftes , en- grofs the whole man to the exclufion of the nobler pursuits of virtue and humanity * . " We may here apply an elegant obfervation of Tully ...
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... taste for learning be- gan widely to diffuse itself among the laity , could find no furer method of repreffing it , Ep . 1. ver . 10 . than than by treating the learned character as ridi- culous . 184 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
... taste for learning be- gan widely to diffuse itself among the laity , could find no furer method of repreffing it , Ep . 1. ver . 10 . than than by treating the learned character as ridi- culous . 184 ESSAY ON THE WRITINGS.
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... taste for the fimplicity of the best ancients , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and contraft . THEY who begin to study painting , are ftruck at first with the pieces of the most vivid colouring ; they are ...
... taste for the fimplicity of the best ancients , have generally run into a frequent use of point , oppofition , and contraft . THEY who begin to study painting , are ftruck at first with the pieces of the most vivid colouring ; they are ...
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... taste will always admire the minute defcription of the helmet and creft , at verfe the 257th ; the clapping of the wings of the Heron which they could not fee ; the Squatting down among the dead bodies till Dolon had paffed , Ulyffes ...
... taste will always admire the minute defcription of the helmet and creft , at verfe the 257th ; the clapping of the wings of the Heron which they could not fee ; the Squatting down among the dead bodies till Dolon had paffed , Ulyffes ...
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... taste and zeal for the prefent flyle , " fays Mr. Walpole , p . 134 . + Our author was fo delighted with Grævius , that he drew up a little Latin treatise on the chief buildings of Rome , collected from this antiquarian . Mr. Gray had ...
... taste and zeal for the prefent flyle , " fays Mr. Walpole , p . 134 . + Our author was fo delighted with Grævius , that he drew up a little Latin treatise on the chief buildings of Rome , collected from this antiquarian . Mr. Gray had ...
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Seite 128 - Lo! the poor Indian, whose untutor'd mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind; His soul proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk, or milky way...
Seite 245 - Consult the Genius of the Place in all; That tells the Waters or to rise, or fall; Or helps th...
Seite 289 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 142 - 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 165 - Go, from the creatures thy instructions take: Learn from the birds what food the thickets yield; Learn from the beasts the physic of the field; Thy arts of building from the bee receive; Learn of the mole to plough, the worm to weave; Learn of the little nautilus to sail, Spread the thin oar, and catch the driving gale.
Seite 319 - As shallow streams run dimpling all the way. Whether in florid impotence he speaks, And, as the prompter breathes, the puppet squeaks; Or, at the ear of Eve, familiar toad, Half froth, half venom, spits himself abroad...
Seite 429 - Lo! at the Wheels of her Triumphal Car, Old England's Genius, rough with many a Scar, Dragg'd in the Dust! his Arms hang idly round, His Flag inverted trails along the ground! Our Youth, all liv'ry'd o'er with foreign Gold, Before her dance; behind her crawl the Old!
Seite 290 - Dipt me in ink, my parents', or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came.
Seite 157 - See life dissolving vegetate again: All forms that perish other forms supply; (By turns we catch the vital breath, and die) Like bubbles on the sea of Matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return.
Seite 176 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...