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Page iii
... considerable part of his life . Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; taken together , they are consituent parts of one work . The Author entered on this inquiry as early as the year 1750 ...
... considerable part of his life . Considered separately , each may justly be termed a whole , and complete in itself ; taken together , they are consituent parts of one work . The Author entered on this inquiry as early as the year 1750 ...
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... considerable difference in the expectations that may justly be raised from the different methods followed in the acquisition of the art . Improve- ments , unless in extraordinary instances of genius and saga- city , are not to be ...
... considerable difference in the expectations that may justly be raised from the different methods followed in the acquisition of the art . Improve- ments , unless in extraordinary instances of genius and saga- city , are not to be ...
Page xiv
... considerable difference both in their origin and in their growth . Necessity , the mother of invention , drives men , in the earliest state of society , to the study and cultivation of the useful arts ; it is always leisure and ...
... considerable difference both in their origin and in their growth . Necessity , the mother of invention , drives men , in the earliest state of society , to the study and cultivation of the useful arts ; it is always leisure and ...
Page xvii
... considerable proficiency in the practice of the oratorical art may be easily and almost naturally attained , by one ... considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid ...
... considerable proficiency in the practice of the oratorical art may be easily and almost naturally attained , by one ... considerably both to improve the taste , and to enrich the fancy . By the former effect we learn to amend and avoid ...
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... Considerable progress had been made by the ancient Greeks and Romans , in devising the proper rules of composi- tion , not only the two sorts of poesy , epic and dramatic , but also in the three sorts of orations which were in most ...
... Considerable progress had been made by the ancient Greeks and Romans , in devising the proper rules of composi- tion , not only the two sorts of poesy , epic and dramatic , but also in the three sorts of orations which were in most ...
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Page 378 - Peace to all such ! But were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires; Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone. Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne...
Page 412 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 249 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began: From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in Man.
Page 323 - Soft is the strain when zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse rough verse should like the torrent roar. When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Page 12 - And decks the goddess with the glittering spoil. This casket India's glowing gems unlocks, And all Arabia breathes from yonder box.
Page 365 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied upon them ; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Page 18 - Plume repairs. And bids her beau demand the precious hairs: (Sir Plume of amber snuff-box justly vain, And the nice conduct of a clouded cane) With earnest eyes, and round unthinking face, He first the snuff-box open'd, then the case, And thus broke out— "My Lord, why, what the devil?
Page 137 - And went to him and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Page 364 - Your fathers, where are they? and the prophets, do they live for ever?
Page 378 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?