Laocoon; Or The Limits of Poetry and PaintingJ. Ridgway & Sons., 1836 - 373 páginas |
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... taste for Poetry and Painting seems almost to be hereditary , and which counts among its kindred one of the greatest of modern Bards , —connected too , as you are , by the tenderest ties , with one of Britain's most distinguished ...
... taste for Poetry and Painting seems almost to be hereditary , and which counts among its kindred one of the greatest of modern Bards , —connected too , as you are , by the tenderest ties , with one of Britain's most distinguished ...
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... taste of the public , than by the acknowledged merits of the work itself , and by the probability of its proving , not only interesting and instruc- tive to the critical reader , but even in some degree practically useful in the ...
... taste of the public , than by the acknowledged merits of the work itself , and by the probability of its proving , not only interesting and instruc- tive to the critical reader , but even in some degree practically useful in the ...
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... taste , feels a similar effect produced upon his mind by both the arts . He finds that they both repre- sent things absent as if present , and appearances as if realities . Both aim at illusion , and the illusions of both are productive ...
... taste , feels a similar effect produced upon his mind by both the arts . He finds that they both repre- sent things absent as if present , and appearances as if realities . Both aim at illusion , and the illusions of both are productive ...
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... taste or fancy guides their preference . This spurious criticism has even partly misled the professors themselves . It has engendered in poetry the love of delinea- tion , and in painting , allegorical display . The poet seeks to make ...
... taste or fancy guides their preference . This spurious criticism has even partly misled the professors themselves . It has engendered in poetry the love of delinea- tion , and in painting , allegorical display . The poet seeks to make ...
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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. To counteract the effect of this false taste and this shallow criticism , is the great object of the following essay . The sections of which it is composed were commenced in a casual way , and were continued ...
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing. To counteract the effect of this false taste and this shallow criticism , is the great object of the following essay . The sections of which it is composed were commenced in a casual way , and were continued ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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Página 243 - But I, that am not shap'd for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking-glass ; I, that am rudely stamp'd, and want love's majesty To strut before a wanton ambling nymph ; I, that am curtail...
Página 243 - I, that am curtail'd of this fair proportion, Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them...
Página 322 - ... et jam bis medium amplexi, bis collo squamea circum terga dati, superant capite et cervicibus altis.
Página 208 - Sotto quel sta, quasi fra due vallette La bocca sparsa di natio cinabro; Quivi due filze son di perle elette, Che chiude ed apre un bello, e dolce labro: Quindi escon le cortesi parolette Da render molle ogni cor rozzo e scabro: Quivi si forma quel soave riso, Ch'apre a sua posta in terra il paradiso. Bianca neve è il bel collo, e...
Página 160 - This sceptre, form'd by temper'd steel, to prove An ensign of the delegates of Jove, From whom the power of laws and justice springs (Tremendous oath! inviolate to kings): By this I swear, when bleeding Greece again Shall call Achilles, she shall call in vain.
Página 243 - Cheated of feature by dissembling nature, Deform'd, unfinish'd, sent before my time Into this breathing world, scarce half made up, And that so lamely and unfashionable That dogs bark at me as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace...
Página 194 - The' appointed heralds still the noisy bands, And form a ring, with sceptres in their hands : On seats of stone, within the sacred place, The reverend elders nodded o'er the case ; Alternate, each the...
Página 242 - Thou, nature, art my goddess ; to thy law My services are bound : Wherefore should I Stand in the plague of custom ; and permit The curiosity of nations to deprive me, For that I am some twelve or fourteen moon-shines Lag of a brother? Why bastard?
Página 243 - That dogs bark at me, as I halt by them; Why, I, in this weak piping time of peace, Have no delight to pass away the time...
Página 155 - Of sounding brass ; the polished axle, steel. Eight brazen spokes in radiant order flame ; The circles gold, of uncorrupted frame, Such as the heavens produce : and round the gold, Two brazen rings of work divine were roll'd.