Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volume 2T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, Bookseller to the Royal Academy, 1774 |
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... confidered as Sparks of Truth , which , when united , may afford Light in fome of the darkest Scenes of State , as we doubt not , will be fufficiently proved in the Course of this Mifcellany ; and which it is , therefore , the Intereft ...
... confidered as Sparks of Truth , which , when united , may afford Light in fome of the darkest Scenes of State , as we doubt not , will be fufficiently proved in the Course of this Mifcellany ; and which it is , therefore , the Intereft ...
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... confidered with the Regard due to that Study by which the Manners are most easily formed , and from which the moft efficacious In- Atruction is received ; nor will the most extensive Cu- riofity fail of Gratification in this Library ...
... confidered with the Regard due to that Study by which the Manners are most easily formed , and from which the moft efficacious In- Atruction is received ; nor will the most extensive Cu- riofity fail of Gratification in this Library ...
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... confidered only as Means of Plea- fure , it might well be doubted in what Degree of Eftimation they fhould be held ; but when they are referred to Neceffity , the Controverfy is at an End : It foon appears , that though they may ...
... confidered only as Means of Plea- fure , it might well be doubted in what Degree of Eftimation they fhould be held ; but when they are referred to Neceffity , the Controverfy is at an End : It foon appears , that though they may ...
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... confidered fingly as of great Weight in the political Balance ; and Multitudes , though they may , merely by their Bulk , demand fome Notice , are yet not of much Value , unless they contribute to eafe the Burthen of Society , by co ...
... confidered fingly as of great Weight in the political Balance ; and Multitudes , though they may , merely by their Bulk , demand fome Notice , are yet not of much Value , unless they contribute to eafe the Burthen of Society , by co ...
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... confidered as Drudgery for the Blind , as the proper Toil of artlefs In- duftry ; a Task that requires neither the Light of Learning , nor the Activity of Genius , but may be fuccefsfully performed without any higher Quality than that ...
... confidered as Drudgery for the Blind , as the proper Toil of artlefs In- duftry ; a Task that requires neither the Light of Learning , nor the Activity of Genius , but may be fuccefsfully performed without any higher Quality than that ...
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 318 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 203 - Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
Página 316 - ... for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.
Página 98 - In the writings of other poets a character is too often an individual ; in those of Shakespeare it is commonly a species.
Página 149 - All the images of nature were still present to him, and he drew them not laboriously but luckily: when he describes anything you more than see it, you feel it too. Those who accuse him to have wanted learning, give him the greater commendation: he was naturally learned; he needed not the spectacles of books to read Nature; he looked inwards, and found her there.
Página 320 - Improve his heady rage with treach'rous skill, And mould his passions till they make his will..
Página 98 - Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of Nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Página 84 - In hope of giving longevity to that which its own nature forbids to be immortal, I have devoted this book, the labour of years, to the honour of my country, that we may no longer yield the palm of philology, without a contest, to the nations of the continent.
Página 113 - The truth is, that the spectators are always in their senses, and know, from the first act to the last, that the stage is only a stage, and that the players are only players.
Página 297 - ... mind ; which in his case, as in the case of all who are distressed with the same malady of imagination, transfers to others its own feelings. Who could suppose it was to introduce a comedy, when Mr. Bensley solemnly began, 'Press'd with the load of life, the weary mind Surveys the general toil of human kind.