Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volumen 2T. Davies, in Russel-Street, Covent-Garden, Bookseller to the Royal Academy, 1774 |
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... publifh thofe Pieces first , which leaft engage the Curiofity of the Bulk of Mankind ; and our Defign muft fall to the Ground , for Want of Encou ragement , ggg ragement , before it can be fo far advanced ORIGIN AND IMPORTANCE OF.
... publifh thofe Pieces first , which leaft engage the Curiofity of the Bulk of Mankind ; and our Defign muft fall to the Ground , for Want of Encou ragement , ggg ragement , before it can be fo far advanced ORIGIN AND IMPORTANCE OF.
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... Fall of Empires . Those who are pleased with obferving the first Birth of new Opinions , their Struggles a gainst Oppofition , their filent Progrefs under Perfe cution , their general Reception , and their gradual Decline , or fudden ...
... Fall of Empires . Those who are pleased with obferving the first Birth of new Opinions , their Struggles a gainst Oppofition , their filent Progrefs under Perfe cution , their general Reception , and their gradual Decline , or fudden ...
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... fall now touch only on fome lighter and less extenfive Evils , yet fuch as are fufficiently heavy to thofe that feel them ; and are of late fo widely dif fufed , as to deferve , though perhaps not the Notice of the Legiflature , yet the ...
... fall now touch only on fome lighter and less extenfive Evils , yet fuch as are fufficiently heavy to thofe that feel them ; and are of late fo widely dif fufed , as to deferve , though perhaps not the Notice of the Legiflature , yet the ...
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... fall as the Quantity is increased , and that no Trade can allow its Profeffors to be multi- plied beyond a certain Number . The great Mifery of Writers proceeds from their Multitude . We ea- fily perceive that in a Nation of Clothiers ...
... fall as the Quantity is increased , and that no Trade can allow its Profeffors to be multi- plied beyond a certain Number . The great Mifery of Writers proceeds from their Multitude . We ea- fily perceive that in a Nation of Clothiers ...
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... falls , the Gaiety is ended , and there appear evident Tokens of a fuccefsful Rival , or a fickle Patron . But of all ... fall with fo much Violence and Fury ; but they are hungry , and Hunger must be fatisfied ; and these Savages , when ...
... falls , the Gaiety is ended , and there appear evident Tokens of a fuccefsful Rival , or a fickle Patron . But of all ... fall with fo much Violence and Fury ; but they are hungry , and Hunger must be fatisfied ; and these Savages , when ...
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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.