Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volumen 2T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, Bookseller to the Royal Academy, 1774 |
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... exhibit a general Idea of the Pieces which we intend to infert in it . There is , perhaps , no Nation in which it is fo neceflary , as in our own , to affemble , from time VOL . II . B to to time , the fmall Tracts and fugitive Pieces ...
... exhibit a general Idea of the Pieces which we intend to infert in it . There is , perhaps , no Nation in which it is fo neceflary , as in our own , to affemble , from time VOL . II . B to to time , the fmall Tracts and fugitive Pieces ...
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... exhibits , the two which merit most Attention are , to distribute the Treatifes according to their Subjects , or their Dates ; but nei- ther of these Ways can be conveniently followed . By ranging our Collection in Order of Time , we ...
... exhibits , the two which merit most Attention are , to distribute the Treatifes according to their Subjects , or their Dates ; but nei- ther of these Ways can be conveniently followed . By ranging our Collection in Order of Time , we ...
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... exhibit a general Account of the different Claffes , as they are naturally divided by the feveral Sciences . By this Method we can indeed exhibit only a general Idea , at once magnificent and confufed ; an Idea of the Writings of many ...
... exhibit a general Account of the different Claffes , as they are naturally divided by the feveral Sciences . By this Method we can indeed exhibit only a general Idea , at once magnificent and confufed ; an Idea of the Writings of many ...
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... exhibits a Representation of the Infide of St. Peter's Church at Rome ; the fecond , of that of St. John Lateran ; and the third , of the high C 2 Akar Altar of St. Ignatius ; all painted with the utmost HARLEIAN LIBRARY . 19.
... exhibits a Representation of the Infide of St. Peter's Church at Rome ; the fecond , of that of St. John Lateran ; and the third , of the high C 2 Akar Altar of St. Ignatius ; all painted with the utmost HARLEIAN LIBRARY . 19.
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... exhibit their Productions on the Theatre , and who are to propitiate first the Manager , and then the Public . Many an humble Vifitant have I followed to the Doors of thefe Lords of the Drama , seen him touch the Knocker with a fhaking ...
... exhibit their Productions on the Theatre , and who are to propitiate first the Manager , and then the Public . Many an humble Vifitant have I followed to the Doors of thefe Lords of the Drama , seen him touch the Knocker with a fhaking ...
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Pasajes populares
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.