Moral and political dialoguesT. Cadell and W. Davies, strand., 1811 |
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... youth , he was of a i And yet Lord BACON tells us , that when HENRY VIII . came to the crown , " There was no such thing as any great and mighty subject , who might any way eclipse or overshade the imperial power . " Works , vol . iii ...
... youth , he was of a i And yet Lord BACON tells us , that when HENRY VIII . came to the crown , " There was no such thing as any great and mighty subject , who might any way eclipse or overshade the imperial power . " Works , vol . iii ...
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... youth , and to fit them for the business and conversation of the world ? MR . LOCKE . I think not . I see but little good , in pro- portion to the time it takes up , that can be drawn from it , under any management ; but , in the way in ...
... youth , and to fit them for the business and conversation of the world ? MR . LOCKE . I think not . I see but little good , in pro- portion to the time it takes up , that can be drawn from it , under any management ; but , in the way in ...
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... youth ; and whether it may not , on the whole , deserve the countenance of a philosopher , who understands the world , and has himself been formed by it ? MR . LOCKE . Your Lordship , I think , will do well to put philosophy out of the ...
... youth ; and whether it may not , on the whole , deserve the countenance of a philosopher , who understands the world , and has himself been formed by it ? MR . LOCKE . Your Lordship , I think , will do well to put philosophy out of the ...
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... youth of eighteen be little the wiser for staring away two or three years in mysteri ous Egypt . LORD SHAFTESBURY . Why , truly , if he carried nothing abroad with him but the use of his eye - sight , I should be much of your mind with ...
... youth of eighteen be little the wiser for staring away two or three years in mysteri ous Egypt . LORD SHAFTESBURY . Why , truly , if he carried nothing abroad with him but the use of his eye - sight , I should be much of your mind with ...
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... youth were fa- shioned in the school of foreign Travel ? You will hardly pretend that the ornaments of the second CHARLES ' and ELIZABETH'S Courts were cast in the coarse mould of this home - breeding . MR . LOCKE . I shall perhaps ...
... youth were fa- shioned in the school of foreign Travel ? You will hardly pretend that the ornaments of the second CHARLES ' and ELIZABETH'S Courts were cast in the coarse mould of this home - breeding . MR . LOCKE . I shall perhaps ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
adventures ages ancient appear ARIOSTO arts authority barbarous breeding BURNET canon law character Chivalry church circumstances civil classic classic Unity clergy constitution court critics crown DIALOGUE VI DIALOGUE VIII Don QUIXOTE doubt English exercise Fairy Queen fancies favour feudal foreign travel further genius Gothic fictions Gothic manners Gothic Romance hath HENRY VII honour house of TUDOR ideas Iliad indulgence Italian king king's knights knowledge learning least LETTER liberty LOCKE LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship mancers MAYNARD mean ment mind moral nation nature neral observation occasion papal parliament passions perhaps person Philosopher poem poet poetry politeness prejudices prerogative pretend princes principles prodigious proper racter reason reformation regal reign Romance sense shew Sir TOPAZ SOMERS sort SPENSER spirit suppose supremacy TASSO taste thing tion true truth usurped virtue word young youth
Passagens conhecidas
Página 291 - Where throngs of knights and barons bold, In weeds of peace, high triumphs hold, 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.
Página 127 - Quid verum atque decens euro et rogo, et omnis in hoc sum ; Condo et compono quae mox depromere possim.
Página 237 - The greatest geniuses of our own and foreign countries, such as Ariosto and Tasso in Italy, and Spenser and Milton in England, were seduced by these barbarities of their forefathers; were even charmed by the Gothic romances. Was this caprice and absurdity in them? Or may there not be something in the Gothic romance peculiarly suited to the views of a genius and to the ends of poetry?
Página 292 - The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That owned the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass On which the Tartar king did ride; And if aught else great bards beside In sage and solemn tunes have sung, Of turneys, and of trophies hung, Of forests, and enchantments drear, Where more is meant than meets the ear.
Página 316 - The fairest of her sex Angelica His daughter, sought by many pro.west knights, Both Paynim, and the peers of Charlemain.
Página 288 - 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.
Página 267 - Cum bellum civitas aut illatum defendit aut infert, magistratus qui ei bello praesint, ut vitae necisque habeant potestatem deliguntur. In pace nullus est communis magistratus, sed principes regionum atque pagorum inter suos jus dicunt, controversiasque minuunt.
Página 295 - Queen then, as a Gothic poem, • derives its METHOD, as well as the other characters of its composition, from the established modes and ideas of Chivalry.
Página 287 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it, the churchyards were all haunted, every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it, and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Página 321 - ... at least we have all heard so many pleasing relations in favour of them, that we do not care for seeing through the falsehood, and willingly give ourselves up to so agreeable an imposture.