The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Critical worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 34
Página 82
... sometimes governed by established customs instead of rules ; for Rules they will not deserve to be esteemed , till they have undergone the rigid scrutiny of reason m In respect of the Practice , then , it must be owned , there are many ...
... sometimes governed by established customs instead of rules ; for Rules they will not deserve to be esteemed , till they have undergone the rigid scrutiny of reason m In respect of the Practice , then , it must be owned , there are many ...
Página 112
... sometimes ob- scures his reasoning , yet never fails to clear and brighten his imagery ) excellently illus- trates by the similitude of a mirror ; " which , " says he , as you turn about and oppose to the " surrounding world , presents ...
... sometimes ob- scures his reasoning , yet never fails to clear and brighten his imagery ) excellently illus- trates by the similitude of a mirror ; " which , " says he , as you turn about and oppose to the " surrounding world , presents ...
Página 122
... sometimes it chuses to itself a dark and sombrous imagery ; which nature , again , holds out to imitation ; or fancy , which hath a wondrous quickness and facility in op- posing its ideas , readily suggests . We have an instance in the ...
... sometimes it chuses to itself a dark and sombrous imagery ; which nature , again , holds out to imitation ; or fancy , which hath a wondrous quickness and facility in op- posing its ideas , readily suggests . We have an instance in the ...
Página 128
... sometimes succeed in this work of painting ; that is , having stolen a ray of celestial matter , he may now and then direct it so happily , as to animate and enkindle his own earthly lump ; but to succeed constantly in this art of ...
... sometimes succeed in this work of painting ; that is , having stolen a ray of celestial matter , he may now and then direct it so happily , as to animate and enkindle his own earthly lump ; but to succeed constantly in this art of ...
Página 196
... Sometimes the associating cause lies in the effect . As when the return of a good prince to his country is compared to the sun -a fresh fresh gale to mariners , to the timely coming of a general to his troops , & c . more commonly , in ...
... Sometimes the associating cause lies in the effect . As when the return of a good prince to his country is compared to the sun -a fresh fresh gale to mariners , to the timely coming of a general to his troops , & c . more commonly , in ...
Outras edições - Ver tudo
The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Critical works Richard Hurd Visualização integral - 1811 |
The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Critical works Richard Hurd Visualização integral - 1811 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
action admired Aeneis affections allusion ancient appear Aristotle beauty Catullus cerned character chuse circumstances comic common copied critic degree delight disposition doubt drama end of poetry entertainment epic Euripides expression fable fancy FARCE genius ginal give GONDIBERT Greece Greek hath Homer human humour idea imagery imagination imita instance invention Italian Italian poetry Jonson kind language Latin learned least Little French Lawyer Ludlow Castle manners MARKS OF IMITATION mean Measure for Measure Milton mind modern nature nihil numbers observation occasion original passage passion pathos peculiar perhaps periphrasis persons picture Plautus pleasure poem poet poet's poetical proper province racter reader reason reflexions religion repre representation resemblance rhyme ridicule rience scene sense sentiment Shakespear shew similar sion sort Spanish Curate speak species Statius taken taste Theophrastus things thought tion tragedy true truth turn verses Virgil words καὶ
Passagens conhecidas
Página 250 - Created half to rise, and half to fall; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all; Sole judge of Truth, in endless Error hurl'd: The glory, jest, and riddle of the world!
Página 238 - Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal ; but when lust By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being.
Página 239 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Página 246 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Página 237 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become • A kneaded clod...
Página 127 - Tout est dit : et l'on vient trop tard depuis plus de sept mille ans qu'il ya des hommes, et qui pensent.
Página 270 - When the loose mountain trembles from on high, Shall gravitation cease, if you go by? Or some old temple, nodding to its fall, For Chartres' head reserve the hanging wall?
Página 264 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Página 250 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 241 - Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound.