Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, Том 3T. Cadell, 1776 |
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... last object of a Gentleman fhould be an intimate study and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard . for $ for his decyphering . Yet others are easier and ...
... last object of a Gentleman fhould be an intimate study and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard . for $ for his decyphering . Yet others are easier and ...
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... last chapter is an important one ; and would be very long , if juftice were done to it . But a fummary of the main articles , of which it confifts , may be given in few words . I REQUIRE then in our young afpirant to the name and ...
... last chapter is an important one ; and would be very long , if juftice were done to it . But a fummary of the main articles , of which it confifts , may be given in few words . I REQUIRE then in our young afpirant to the name and ...
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... of it has an air of fomething plaufible and im- pofing . But thofe , who know what the world is , will think it beft that a young man man begin with what is the first and last concern 120 ON THE USES OF HOWEVER, from the whole of my ex- ...
... of it has an air of fomething plaufible and im- pofing . But thofe , who know what the world is , will think it beft that a young man man begin with what is the first and last concern 120 ON THE USES OF HOWEVER, from the whole of my ex- ...
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... last concern of every man , the study of himself ; and if , in due time , he come to understand , and , ftill more , to value as they deserve , the characters of the great and good men of his own country , the opprobrious name of home ...
... last concern of every man , the study of himself ; and if , in due time , he come to understand , and , ftill more , to value as they deserve , the characters of the great and good men of his own country , the opprobrious name of home ...
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... last that he has only changed his company , not mended it . THIS discovery leads him to another . He attends to the lives of thefe well- bred people , and finds them of a piece with I bred FOREIGN TRAVEL . 125 phant; virtue ...
... last that he has only changed his company , not mended it . THIS discovery leads him to another . He attends to the lives of thefe well- bred people , and finds them of a piece with I bred FOREIGN TRAVEL . 125 phant; virtue ...
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Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance: 2 Richard Hurd,John Adams,John Adams Library (Boston Public Librar Недоступно для просмотра - 2018 |
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Стр. 265 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Стр. 264 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Стр. 260 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
Стр. 263 - Yet we see thro' all his poetry, where his enthusiasm flames out most, a certain predilection for the legends of chivalry before the fables of Greece. This circumstance, you know, has given offence to the austerer and more mechanical critics.
Стр. 304 - THUS, in the poet's world, all is marvellous and extraordinary; yet not unnatural in one fenfe, as it agrees to the conceptions that are readily entertained of thefe magical and wonder-working natures. THIS trite maxim of following "Nature is further miftaken, in applying it indifcriminately to all forts of poetry.
Стр. 145 - America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. He may then examine how she appears...
Стр. 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
Стр. 300 - They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.
Стр. 302 - Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure, in general, there are many intellectual beings in the World besides ourselves, and several species of spirits...
Стр. 269 - ... for all their grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...