The Works of the English Poets: AkensideH. Hughs, 1779 |
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... nature ; others , as music and poetry , bring them back to re- membrance by figns univerfally established and un- derftood . But thefe arts , as they grew more correct and deli- berate , were of courfe led to extend their imitation be ...
... nature ; others , as music and poetry , bring them back to re- membrance by figns univerfally established and un- derftood . But thefe arts , as they grew more correct and deli- berate , were of courfe led to extend their imitation be ...
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... nature , and all the various entertainment we meet with either in poetry , painting , mufic , or any of the elegant arts , might be deducible from one or other of thofe principles in the conftitution of the bu- man mind , which are here ...
... nature , and all the various entertainment we meet with either in poetry , painting , mufic , or any of the elegant arts , might be deducible from one or other of thofe principles in the conftitution of the bu- man mind , which are here ...
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... nature , that which arifes from ridicule , came next to be confidered . As this is the foundation of the comic manner in all the arts , and has been but very imperfectly treated by mo- ral writers , it was thought proper to give it a ...
... nature , that which arifes from ridicule , came next to be confidered . As this is the foundation of the comic manner in all the arts , and has been but very imperfectly treated by mo- ral writers , it was thought proper to give it a ...
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... nature . After which , the work concludes with some reflections on the general conduct of the powers of imagination , and on their natural and moral ufefulness in life . Concerning the manner or turn of composition which prevails in ...
... nature . After which , the work concludes with some reflections on the general conduct of the powers of imagination , and on their natural and moral ufefulness in life . Concerning the manner or turn of composition which prevails in ...
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... natural , as the author's aim was not fo much to give formal precepts , or enter into the way of direct argumentation , as , by exhi- biting the most engaging profpects of nature , to enlarge and harmonize the imagination , and by that ...
... natural , as the author's aim was not fo much to give formal precepts , or enter into the way of direct argumentation , as , by exhi- biting the most engaging profpects of nature , to enlarge and harmonize the imagination , and by that ...
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Page 29 - 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...
Page 309 - Possess'd ; and satiate with the melting tone: Sovereign of birds. The furious god of war, His darts forgetting, and the winged wheels That bear him vengeful o'er the embattled plain, Relents, and soothes his own fierce heart to ease, Most welcome ease.
Page 15 - Hence the green earth, and wild resounding waves, Hence light and shade alternate ; warmth and cold, And clear autumnal skies and vernal showers, And all the fair variety of things.
Page 80 - Hence when lightning fires The arch of Heaven, and thunders rock the ground. When furious whirlwinds rend the howling air. And Ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, Heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky ; Amid the mighty uproar, while below The nations tremble, SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war.
Page 80 - SHAKSPEARE looks abroad From some high cliff, superior, and enjoys The elemental war. But WALLER longs...
Page 116 - Decrees its province in the common toil. To some she taught the fabric of the sphere, The changeful moon, the circuit of the stars, The golden zones of heaven ; to some she gave To weigh the moment of eternal things, Of time...
Page 243 - Presents her tuneful sons to Time, So mark thou Milton's name ; And add, " Thus differs from the throng The spirit which inform'd thy awful song, Which bade thy potent voice protect thy country's fame.
Page 74 - O'er these mixt treasures of his pregnant breast, With conscious pride. From them he oft resolves To frame he knows not what excelling things ; And win he knows not what sublime reward Of praise and wonder.
Page 326 - The language of our fathers. Here he dwelt For many a cheerful day. These ancient walls Have often heard him, while his legends blithe He sang; of love, or knighthood, or the wiles Of homely life; through each estate and age, The fashions and the follies of the world With cunning hand portraying.
Page 326 - O stranger, thou art come Glowing with Churchill's trophies; yet in vain Dost thou applaud them if thy breast be cold To him, this other hero; who, in times Dark and untaught, began with charming verse To tame the rudeness of his native land.