Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, Volumen3T. Cadell, 1776 |
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... set of miffionaries largely dealt in ; I mean , the agnus Dei's , boly beads , and confecrated medals ?. MR . LOCKE .罾 + TAKE it which way you will , the con- clufion , I believe , will fcarcely be much in favour of our Italian ...
... set of miffionaries largely dealt in ; I mean , the agnus Dei's , boly beads , and confecrated medals ?. MR . LOCKE .罾 + TAKE it which way you will , the con- clufion , I believe , will fcarcely be much in favour of our Italian ...
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... set of fine gentlemen . It seemed , indeed , as if your lordship had calcu- lated your defence of travelling for a knot of Virtuofi , or a still more fashion- able circle ( where , doubtlefs , it would pass with much eafe and without ...
... set of fine gentlemen . It seemed , indeed , as if your lordship had calcu- lated your defence of travelling for a knot of Virtuofi , or a still more fashion- able circle ( where , doubtlefs , it would pass with much eafe and without ...
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... set- ting those objects in their true and pro- per light , difenchant the mind , at the fame time , from the idea , or warm love at leaft , of English liberty ? LORD SHAFTESBURY . You know well , I perceive , how to chufe your inftances ...
... set- ting those objects in their true and pro- per light , difenchant the mind , at the fame time , from the idea , or warm love at leaft , of English liberty ? LORD SHAFTESBURY . You know well , I perceive , how to chufe your inftances ...
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... set upon manners , comes , as I have already hinted , from a quarter , which , though it may imprint refpect on a per- fon of your Lordship's age and gal- lantry , must not pretend to be so much confidered by grey hairs . If you can for ...
... set upon manners , comes , as I have already hinted , from a quarter , which , though it may imprint refpect on a per- fon of your Lordship's age and gal- lantry , must not pretend to be so much confidered by grey hairs . If you can for ...
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... set of manners springing up before there were any better to do them juftice , they could never be brought into vogue by the attempts of later poets ; who yet , in spite of prejudice , and for the genuine charm of these highly poeti- cal ...
... set of manners springing up before there were any better to do them juftice , they could never be brought into vogue by the attempts of later poets ; who yet , in spite of prejudice , and for the genuine charm of these highly poeti- cal ...
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Términos y frases comunes
accompliſhed adventures againſt almoſt antient ARIOSTO beft beſt buſineſs cafe cauſe character Chivalry circumftance claffic cloſe confideration converfation courſe defign difcipline eſpecially faid Fairy Queen fame fancies faſhionable fatire fcene feem feen fenfe ferve feudal fhall fhew fhould firſt focieties fome fomething foon foreign travel fpirit ftate ftill ftories ftudies fubject fuch fuperior fuppofe furely furniſh fyftem genius Gothic Gothic fictions guife himſelf Iliad inftance inftruction itſelf juft juſt knights laft leaft leaſt lefs LOCKE LORD LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship manners ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffion perfons philofopher pleaſe poem poet polite prefent proper purpoſe queſtion racter reaſon refpect Romance ſay ſchools ſeems ſenſe ſhall Sir TOPAZ SPENSER ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuppoſe TASSO taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion TOPAZ underſtand Univerſities uſe virtue young youth
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Página 265 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Página 264 - 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 260 - 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 263 - Yet we see thro' all his poetry, where his enthusiasm flames out most, a certain predilection for the legends of chivalry before the fables of Greece. This circumstance, you know, has given offence to the austerer and more mechanical critics.
Página 304 - THUS, in the poet's world, all is marvellous and extraordinary; yet not unnatural in one fenfe, as it agrees to the conceptions that are readily entertained of thefe magical and wonder-working natures. THIS trite maxim of following "Nature is further miftaken, in applying it indifcriminately to all forts of poetry.
Página 145 - America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. He may then examine how she appears...
Página 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
Página 300 - They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.
Página 302 - Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure, in general, there are many intellectual beings in the World besides ourselves, and several species of spirits...
Página 269 - ... for all their grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...