The Microcosm, a Periodical Work: By Gregory Griffin, ... The Second Edition. Inscribed to the Rev. Dr. DaviesC. Knight; and sold, 1787 - 448 էջ |
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... wish to prefent to the perufal of my readers , the following lines , not entirely foreign from fome part of this effay ; and at the fame time admonish them , that the fmile of Melpomene at the birth of a poet is useless , without that ...
... wish to prefent to the perufal of my readers , the following lines , not entirely foreign from fome part of this effay ; and at the fame time admonish them , that the fmile of Melpomene at the birth of a poet is useless , without that ...
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... wish you to bestow fome advice , for the correction of their ignorant pretenfions , and the amendment of their erroneous opinions . These are the people moft apt to indulge their fatirical humour at the expence of your fellow- citizens ...
... wish you to bestow fome advice , for the correction of their ignorant pretenfions , and the amendment of their erroneous opinions . These are the people moft apt to indulge their fatirical humour at the expence of your fellow- citizens ...
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... wishes is interpreted into an unworthy occupa- tion , it becomes a folly . As to the mortifications a man draws on himself , by an intemperate indul- gence of this failing , it must be allowed , that the poifon is in that respect its ...
... wishes is interpreted into an unworthy occupa- tion , it becomes a folly . As to the mortifications a man draws on himself , by an intemperate indul- gence of this failing , it must be allowed , that the poifon is in that respect its ...
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... wish to derive us from the illuftrious race of Troy , our vicinity to the Continent pleads hard for our being nei- ther more or lefs than the defcendants of a few shipwrecked fishermen ; or what is worse , some light - footed heroes ...
... wish to derive us from the illuftrious race of Troy , our vicinity to the Continent pleads hard for our being nei- ther more or lefs than the defcendants of a few shipwrecked fishermen ; or what is worse , some light - footed heroes ...
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... wish to know the more parti- cular dates , I refer to Tallent's chronology , who has regulated his by Scaliger's tables . - From this it will appear , that tho ' a Pericles might have walked in a Portico built by Phidias , it could not ...
... wish to know the more parti- cular dates , I refer to Tallent's chronology , who has regulated his by Scaliger's tables . - From this it will appear , that tho ' a Pericles might have walked in a Portico built by Phidias , it could not ...
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admiration againſt almoſt beſt boaſt Cæfar cafe cauſes character Cicero circumſtances confequences confider confideration correfpondents courſe defign defire diſcover diſtinguiſhed effect endeavour eſtabliſhed Eton exiſtence expreffion faid fame fatirical fecond feem felf fhall fhort fhould fimilar fimple fince firft firſt fituation fociety fome fpirit ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe furely genius glory GREGORY GRIFFIN heart Hero higheſt himſelf Hiſtory human idea illuftrious inftance intereſting itſelf juſt laft language leaſt lefs mankind meaſure MICROCOSM mind moft MONDAY moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nerally obferve occafions opinion Ovid paffed paffions perfons perhaps Phidias philofopher Plato pleaſed pleaſure poem Poet poetry poliſhed praiſe predeceffors prefent purfuit purpoſe racter raiſed readers reafon reflection rife Roman ſeem ſhall ſome ſtate ſuch Tacitus Tarts thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Tom Long univerfal uſe virtues whofe whoſe
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Էջ 406 - To gild refined gold, to paint the lily, To throw a perfume on the violet, To smooth the ice, or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or with taper-light To seek the beauteous eye of heaven to garnish, Is wasteful, and ridiculous excess.
Էջ 124 - That age will never again return, when a Pericles, after walking with Plato in a portico built by Phidias and painted by Apelles, might repair to hear a pleading of Demosthenes or a tragedy of Sophocles.
Էջ 63 - Who knows not, sees not with admiring eye, How Plato thought, how Socrates could die ? To bend the arch, to bid the column rise, And the tall pile aspiring pierce the skies, The awful fane magnificently great, With...
Էջ 254 - Poetry, sir, is universally allowed to be the first and noblest of the arts and sciences, insomuch that it is the opinion of critics that an epic poem is the greatest work the human mind is capable of bringing to perfection. If, then, I can prove that the art of weaving is in any degree analogous to the art of poetry, if this analogy has been allowed by the whole tribe of critics so far, that in...
Էջ 436 - ... the crusher of spiders and the trampler of earwigs. The distinctions of harmless and hurtful are not to be explained to childhood. Self-preservation needs not the admonition. The child who executes these commands must, either if he does not reflect at all, be steeled by their repetition against the pleadings of pity; or if he does reflect, in what light can he consider them but as dictated by the lust of destroying, cloaked indeed under the affectation of antipathy!
Էջ 186 - To omit the innumerable inconveniences attending on every attempt to regulate language; to judge of the possible success of such an attempt* from the abstracted probability alone, were to declare it impossible. A multitude of circumstances, equally unforeseen and unavoidable, must concur to the formation of a language. An improvement, or corruption, of manners ; the reduction of a foreign enemy ; or an invasion from abroad, are circumstances that ultimately, or immediately, tend to produce some change...
Էջ 261 - Flows through each member of th' embodied state, Sure, not unconscious of the mighty blessing, Her grateful sons shine bright with ev'ry virtue ; Untainted with the LUST OF INNOVATION ; Sure, all unite to hold her league of rule, Unbroken, as the sacred chain of nature, That links the jarring elements in peace.
Էջ 296 - But, these peculiarities of absurdity alone excepted, we shall find that the NOVEL is but a more modern modification of the same ingredients which constitute the ROMANCE; and that a recipe for the one may be equally serviceable for the composition of the other. A ROMANCE (generally speaking) consists of a number of strange events, with a Hero in the middle of them; who, being an adventurous Knight, wades through them to...
Էջ 217 - He was naturally of a morofe, faturnine temper, which a confiderable quantity of port, regularly difcuffed after dinner for a continuance of thirty years, had not a little contributed to heighten. The ufual companion of his leifure hours was the Parifh Attorney...
Էջ 101 - Be what you will so you be still the same.—Rose. THERE are few precepts, dictated like the above, by judgment and experience, which, though originally confined to a particular application (as this to the formation of dramatic character) may not be adopted with success in the several branches of the same science, and even transferred into another. The direction which the poet gives us here, to preserve a regard for simplicity and uniformity, may be applied to the general design and main structure...