Letters Concerning Taste: To which are Added, Essays on Similar and Other Subjects ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1757 - 220 էջ |
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... receiving free * The humane Sulpicius thus apoftrophizes himself , af . ter the Reflection . Hem ! nos homunculi indignamur , fi quis noftrum interiit , aut occifus eft , quorum vita bre- vior effe debet , cum uno loco tot oppidum ...
... receiving free * The humane Sulpicius thus apoftrophizes himself , af . ter the Reflection . Hem ! nos homunculi indignamur , fi quis noftrum interiit , aut occifus eft , quorum vita bre- vior effe debet , cum uno loco tot oppidum ...
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... receiving . I need not ex- plain what that Luxury was , when I inform you that I have been with that truly great Man AGATHOCLES at his delightful Seat in the Country ; whofe Accomplishments and refined Humanity ennoble him infinitely ...
... receiving . I need not ex- plain what that Luxury was , when I inform you that I have been with that truly great Man AGATHOCLES at his delightful Seat in the Country ; whofe Accomplishments and refined Humanity ennoble him infinitely ...
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... receiving Inftruction from the Angel MICHAEL and indeed , often having entertained my Senfes with the moft defireable Productions of Art and Science , and my Heart with the Con- templation of Goodness , I could not re- frain from ...
... receiving Inftruction from the Angel MICHAEL and indeed , often having entertained my Senfes with the moft defireable Productions of Art and Science , and my Heart with the Con- templation of Goodness , I could not re- frain from ...
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... receiving , nor the taint- ing Breath of the World's Promulga- tion disturb the quiet Purpose of my Heart , brooding over it's unfpeakable Transport in facred Secrecy ! My Love to LEONORA , to whom I ought to add fomething in Anfwer to ...
... receiving , nor the taint- ing Breath of the World's Promulga- tion disturb the quiet Purpose of my Heart , brooding over it's unfpeakable Transport in facred Secrecy ! My Love to LEONORA , to whom I ought to add fomething in Anfwer to ...
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... receiving the utmost Happinefs from her divine Precepts . As APOLLO was wandering one Day over the Top of this Moun- tain , he chanced to light upon this hea- venly Maid , whilft she was bufied in her ufual Employment of meditating on ...
... receiving the utmost Happinefs from her divine Precepts . As APOLLO was wandering one Day over the Top of this Moun- tain , he chanced to light upon this hea- venly Maid , whilft she was bufied in her ufual Employment of meditating on ...
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Admiration againſt AGATHOCLES ancient arifes ARISTUS attend Beauty behold bleffed Cauſes Charms Chimæras cœleftial Compofitions Converfation CORINTHIAN Order dare fay defcend defcribed Defcription Defires delightful DEMOCRITUS divine elegant EUDOXUS EUPHEMIUS Eyes faid Faithful Shepherdess fame Fancy feemed feve fhall fhewed fhould fince firft firſt fome foon ftill fuch fuperior fure Genius Grace greateſt Happineſs happy Heart himſelf Hiſtory human Iliad Imagination Imitation Inftruction ingenious itſelf JOVIANUS PONTANUS juft laſt lefs LETTER Love Mankind manner Mind moft moral moſt muſt myſelf Nature neceffary Number Nymph Obfervation Objects Occafion OVID Paffages paffed Paffions Philofophy pleafing Pleaſure Poet Poetry Pow'r Power Precepts prefent raiſe Reaſon refpective reft Repreſentation reſt Roscius Senfe ſeveral ſhall ſhe Soul Species ſpoke ſtill STROZZA Tafte Taſte thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro tion Tranflation Truth Underſtanding uſed utmoſt Virtue whilft whofe whoſe Wiſdom Wiſhes Youth
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Էջ 128 - The powers of man; we feel within ourselves His energy divine; he tells the heart, He meant, he made us to behold and love What he beholds and loves, the general orb Of life and being; to be great like him, Beneficent and active.
Էջ 193 - Hail wedded Love, mysterious law, true source Of human offspring, sole propriety In Paradise of all things common else. By thee adulterous lust was driven from men Among the bestial herds to range; by thee, Founded in reason, loyal, just, and pure, Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother first were known.
Էջ 37 - Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ? For lo ! the tyrant prostrate on the dust, And Rome again is free...
Էջ 24 - Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove : the pensive sage, Heedless of sleep, or midnight's harmful...
Էջ 126 - And still new beauties meet his lonely walk, And loves unfelt attract him. Not a breeze Flies o'er the meadow, not a cloud imbibes The setting sun's effulgence, not a strain From all the tenants of the warbling shade Ascends, but whence his bosom can partake Fresh pleasure, unreproved.
Էջ 38 - Attentive turn ; from dim oblivion call Her fleet, ideal band ; and bid them, go ! Break through Time's barrier, and o'ertake the hour That saw the heavens created : then declare If aught were found in those external scenes To move thy wonder now.
Էջ 51 - When first with fresh-born vigour he inhales The balmy breeze, and feels the blessed sun Warm at his bosom, from the springs of life Chasing oppressive damps and languid pain!
Էջ 14 - Were destin'd ; some within a finer mould She wrought, and temper'd with a purer flame. To these the Sire omnipotent unfolds The world's harmonious volume, there to read The transcript of himself.
Էջ 24 - What need words To paint its power? For this the daring youth Breaks from his weeping mother's anxious arms, In foreign climes to rove...
Էջ 17 - Through life and death to dart his piercing eye, With thoughts beyond the limit of his frame ; But that the Omnipotent might send him forth, In sight of mortal and immortal powers, As on a boundless theatre, to run The great career of justice...