An Essay on the Study of Antiquities..D. Prince, and J. Cooke; J. and J. Fletcher; also by P. Elmsly, B. White, T. Payne, and Son; London., 1782 - 142 էջ |
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... poets : from which however the interval of two thousand Years has worn off that disgusting appearance , which in ... Poetry . While the Romans ambitious only of dominion , whofe delight was in war , and whofe very profeffion was the ...
... poets : from which however the interval of two thousand Years has worn off that disgusting appearance , which in ... Poetry . While the Romans ambitious only of dominion , whofe delight was in war , and whofe very profeffion was the ...
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... Poet and his best imitators . Such an Art among fuch a people could not but produce the most exquifite models of beauty and magnificence . But those models are no more . And it is impoffible even in Idea , ( which they can form most ...
... Poet and his best imitators . Such an Art among fuch a people could not but produce the most exquifite models of beauty and magnificence . But those models are no more . And it is impoffible even in Idea , ( which they can form most ...
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... Poets , Travellers , Geo- graphers , and others f . These precious monuments of Antiquity comprehend the most certain teftimonies of domestic life , in the representation of their marriage ceremonies , funerals , and facrifices " . From ...
... Poets , Travellers , Geo- graphers , and others f . These precious monuments of Antiquity comprehend the most certain teftimonies of domestic life , in the representation of their marriage ceremonies , funerals , and facrifices " . From ...
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... POETRY . A Painter is able to discover ' beauties in a picture invifible to another who is unacquainted with the principles of the Art , or unconverfant with the works of the beft mafters . He fees a Goddess " in the He- lena of Zeuxis ...
... POETRY . A Painter is able to discover ' beauties in a picture invifible to another who is unacquainted with the principles of the Art , or unconverfant with the works of the beft mafters . He fees a Goddess " in the He- lena of Zeuxis ...
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Thomas Burgess. tage refults to poetry from a careful nation of the remains of antient Sculp- The images of the poets receive new nd fpirit from a comparison with the s of their kindred artifts . Their con- ons feem to acquire beauties ...
Thomas Burgess. tage refults to poetry from a careful nation of the remains of antient Sculp- The images of the poets receive new nd fpirit from a comparison with the s of their kindred artifts . Their con- ons feem to acquire beauties ...
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abftract Ages alfo alſo analyſis ancient Antiquary Arts becauſe beſt caufe cauſe Cicero cife claffical compariſon Comte de CAYLUS cuſtoms DAWES defign derived diftinguiſhed Digamma diligence diſcover Effay elegance eſpecially Etymology exifted exiſt expreffed expreffion extenfive faid fame origin fays feems fenfe fhew fhewn fhould fignification fimilar fimple fimplicity firft firſt fome formed ftudy fubject fuch fufficient fuppofe genius grammatical Greek Language guage hiſtory human Ideas illuftrated imitation inftances inftitutions Inquiry intereſting inveſtigation itſelf Latin Latin languages learned lefs Lord MONBODDO manners meaſure mind moft monuments moſt Mufic muſt nation nature neceffary obfervation object origin of Language paffage paffive particular paſt perfon Philofophers pleaſing pleaſure Poets prefent preferve Prepofitions primitive progreſs purpoſes racter reaſon reſearches reſpect ſeems ſeveral ſome ſtate ſtudy Study of Antiquities ſuch ſuppoſe thefe themſelves theſe thofe THOMAS BURGESS thoſe tion uſe verbs whence whofe whoſe words writers
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Էջ 40 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages : and thereon Offer...
Էջ 42 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Էջ 115 - Perhaps it was for mankind a lucky mistake (for it was a mistake) which Mr. Locke made when he called his book, An Essay on Human Understanding. For some part of the inestimable benefit of that book has, merely on account of its title, reached to many thousands more than, I fear, it would have done, had he called it (what it is merely) A Grammatical Essay, or a Treatise on Words, or on Language.
Էջ 51 - For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
Էջ 82 - She heard me thus, and though divinely brought, Yet innocence and virgin modefty, Her virtue and the confcience of her worth, That would be woo'd, and not unfought be won, Not obvious, not obtrufive, but retir'd, The more defirable...
Էջ 10 - The lonians added to its original simplicity an elegance which has excited the universal admiration of posterity. The .Corinthians, a rich and luxurious people, not contented with former improvements, extended the art to the very verge of vicious refinement ; and thus (so connected in their origin are the arts, so similar in their progress and revolutions) the same genius produced those three characters of style in architecture which Dionysius of Halicarnassus, one of the most judicious critics of...
Էջ 120 - Possessed of thee, the meanest genius grows deserving, and has a just demand for a portion of our esteem. Devoid of thee, the brightest of our kind lie lost and useless, and are but poorly distinguished from the most despicable and base. When we inhabited...
Էջ 43 - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe. With lofs of Eden, till one greater Man Reftore us, and regain the blifsful feat, 5 Sing, heav'nly Mufe, that on the fecret top Of Oreb, or of Sinai, didft infpire That fhepherd, who firft taught the chofen feed...
Էջ 11 - Corinthians gave their architecture that appearance of delicacy and effeminate refinement, which characterizes the language of Isocrates. But the lonians struck out that happy line of beauty, which, partaking of the simplicity of the one without its harshness, and of the elegance of the other without its luxuriance, exhibited that perfection of style, which is adjudged to their great poet and his best imitators. Such an art among such a people could not but produce the most exquisite models of beauty...
Էջ 123 - ... heroes ; the godlike list of philosophers and legislators ; the forms of virtuous and equal polities, where private welfare is made the same with public ; where crowds themselves prove disinterested and brave, and virtue is made a national and popular characteristic.