The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Critical worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 |
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Page 69
... mind to that fictitious monster , under which he had before allusively shadowed out the idea of absurd and inconsistent composition , in v . 1. The application , however , differs in this , that , whereas the monster , there painted ...
... mind to that fictitious monster , under which he had before allusively shadowed out the idea of absurd and inconsistent composition , in v . 1. The application , however , differs in this , that , whereas the monster , there painted ...
Page 79
... mind Could best express- Sextus Pompeius • Cymb . A. 1. S. 5 . Hath giv'n the dare to Cæsar A. C. A. 1. S. 3 . 4. By using active verbs neutrally , He hath fought to - day As if a god in hate of mankind had Destroy'd , in such a shape ...
... mind Could best express- Sextus Pompeius • Cymb . A. 1. S. 5 . Hath giv'n the dare to Cæsar A. C. A. 1. S. 3 . 4. By using active verbs neutrally , He hath fought to - day As if a god in hate of mankind had Destroy'd , in such a shape ...
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... mind in this matter . See l . x . c . i . ) Verba à vetustate repetita afferunt orationi majes- tatem aliquam non sine delectatione ; nam et auc- , toritatem antiquitatis habent ; et , quia intermissa sunt , gratiam novitati similem ...
... mind in this matter . See l . x . c . i . ) Verba à vetustate repetita afferunt orationi majes- tatem aliquam non sine delectatione ; nam et auc- , toritatem antiquitatis habent ; et , quia intermissa sunt , gratiam novitati similem ...
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... mind , into which the speaker is , of necessity , carried by the circumstances of his situation . And the sentiments , which give the image of this peculiar disposition , are the genuine lineaments of the character intended . But the ...
... mind , into which the speaker is , of necessity , carried by the circumstances of his situation . And the sentiments , which give the image of this peculiar disposition , are the genuine lineaments of the character intended . But the ...
Page 97
... mind , in any supposed situation , gives birth to a certain set of conceptions and sentiments , correspondent to its true state , and expressive of it : so by attending to the language , in which those sentiments ordinarily manifest ...
... mind , in any supposed situation , gives birth to a certain set of conceptions and sentiments , correspondent to its true state , and expressive of it : so by attending to the language , in which those sentiments ordinarily manifest ...
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Page 46 - Natura fieret laudabile carmen an arte Quaesitum est : ego nee Studium sine divite vena Nee rude quid possit video ingenium ; alterius sic 410 Altera poscit opem res et conjurat amice.
Page 29 - Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit ; 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.
Page 36 - Graeca nocturna versate manu, versate diurna. at vestri proavi Plautinos et numeros et 270 laudavere sales ; nimium patienter utrumque, ne dicam stulte, mirati, si modo ego et vos scimus inurbanum lepido seponere dicto, legitimumque sonum digitis callemus et aure.
Page 28 - Personam formare novam, servetur ad imum Qualis ab incepto processerit, et sibi constet. Difficile est proprie communia dicere ; tuque Rectius Iliacum carmen deducis in actus, Quam si proferres ignota indictaque primus.
Page 39 - ... ergo fungar vice cotis, acutum reddere quae ferrum valet, exsors ipsa secandi...
Page 39 - ... scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons : rem tibi Socraticae poterunt ostendere chartae, 310 verbaque provisam rem non invita sequentur. qui didicit patriae quid debeat et quid amicis, quo sit amore parens, quo frater amandus et hospes, quod sit conscripti, quod iudicis officium, quae partes in bellum missi ducis, ille profecto 315 reddere personae scit convenientia cuique.
Page 45 - Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva ; 385 Id tibi judicium est, ea mens ; si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures Et patris et nostras, nonumque prematur in annum : Membranis intus positis delere licebit, Quod non edideris ; nescit vox missa reverti.
Page 25 - Vincentem strepitus et natum rebus agendis. Musa dedit fidibus divos puerosque deorum, Et pugilem victorem et equum certamine primum, Et juvenum curas et libera vina referre.
Page 27 - Jura neget sibi nata, nihil non arroget armis ; Sit Medea ferox invictaque, flebilis Ino, Perfidus Ixion, lo vaga, tristis Orestes.
Page 267 - Dicitur Afrani toga convenisse Menandro ; Plautus ad exemplar Siculi properare Epicharmi ; Vincere Caecilius gravitate, Terentius arte. Hos ediscit, et hos arto stipata theatro Spectat Roma potens ; habet hos numeratque poetas Ad nostrum tempus, Livi scriptoris ab aevo.