Essays: On Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; on the Usefulness of Classical Learning. By James Beattie, ...E. and C. Dilly; and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1779 - 515 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 13
... fenfibility , or up- rightness of judgment ; and must confequently displease the greater part of any regular fociety of rational creatures . Great wickedness and great genius may have been united in the fame perfon ; but it may be ...
... fenfibility , or up- rightness of judgment ; and must confequently displease the greater part of any regular fociety of rational creatures . Great wickedness and great genius may have been united in the fame perfon ; but it may be ...
الصفحة 23
... fenfibility of the mind : -fe- condly , That the moft pleafing and moft pathe . tic parts of the play in queftion , are those which relate to an amiable lady , with whofe diftrefs , as well as with her husband's on her account , we ...
... fenfibility of the mind : -fe- condly , That the moft pleafing and moft pathe . tic parts of the play in queftion , are those which relate to an amiable lady , with whofe diftrefs , as well as with her husband's on her account , we ...
الصفحة 25
... fenfibility , and prepare us for virtuous impreffions . In fact , man's true happiness is derived from the moral- part of his constitution ; and therefore we cannot suppose , that any thing which affects not his mo- ral part , fhould be ...
... fenfibility , and prepare us for virtuous impreffions . In fact , man's true happiness is derived from the moral- part of his constitution ; and therefore we cannot suppose , that any thing which affects not his mo- ral part , fhould be ...
الصفحة 28
... fenfibility , how many are there to whom the luftre of the rifing or setting fun ; the sparkling concave of the midnight - fky ; the mountain - foreft toffing and roaring to the ftorm , or warbling with all the melodies of a fummer ...
... fenfibility , how many are there to whom the luftre of the rifing or setting fun ; the sparkling concave of the midnight - fky ; the mountain - foreft toffing and roaring to the ftorm , or warbling with all the melodies of a fummer ...
الصفحة 30
... fenfibility to the beauties of Nature fhould be cherished in young perfons . It engages them to contemplate the Creator in his wonderful works ; it purifies and harmonizes the soul , and prepares it for moral and intellectual difcipline ...
... fenfibility to the beauties of Nature fhould be cherished in young perfons . It engages them to contemplate the Creator in his wonderful works ; it purifies and harmonizes the soul , and prepares it for moral and intellectual difcipline ...
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abfurd admiration Æneid affections agreeable alfo almoſt alſo ancient arifes beauty becauſe beſt cauſe character Cicero circumſtances compariſon compofition confequently confiftent converfation defcribe defcription defign Dido difplay diftinguiſhed Dryden effential emotions Engliſh Epic expreffion exprefs fable faid fame fancy faſhion fatire feem fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fimilar firſt fome fomething fometimes fpeak fpeech ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuitable fuperior fuppofed genius Georgic give Greek harmony hiftory himſelf Homer Hudibras human humour ideas Iliad imitation inftruction interefting itſelf language laughter leaſt lefs Loft ludicrous meaſure mind moft moral moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary numbers obferve object occafion paffage paffions perfons philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetical poetry prefent profe purpoſe Quintilian racter raiſe reader reaſon refpect ridiculous ſeems ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtudy ſtyle ſuppoſed tafte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion underſtanding uſe verf verſe Virgil whofe words writing
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الصفحة 218 - Heaven, with all his host Of rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in glory...
الصفحة 504 - Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts: others to be read, but not curiously; and some few to be read wholly and with diligence and attention.
الصفحة 248 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
الصفحة 29 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
الصفحة 13 - WHAT shall I do to be for ever known, And make the age to come my own ? I shall, like beasts or common people, die, Unless you write my elegy ; Whilst others great, by being born, are grown; Their mothers' labour, not their own. In this scale gold, in th' other fame does lie, The weight of that mounts this so high.
الصفحة 30 - ... the murmur of the rivulet and in the uproar of the ocean, in the radiance of summer and gloom of winter, in the thunder of heaven and in the whisper of the breeze, he still finds something to rouse or to soothe his imagination, to draw forth his affections, or to employ his understanding.
الصفحة 414 - Georgics ; but throw the former into ridicule, as in the Lutrin^ I think this may very well be accounted for ; laughter implies...
الصفحة 354 - Cadwallador and Arthur, kings Full famous in romantic tale) when he, O'er many a craggy hill and barren cliff, Upon a cargo of fam'd Cestrian cheese, High over-shadowing rides, with a design To vend his wares, or at th' Avonian mart, Or Maridunum, or the ancient town Yclep'd Brechinia, or where Vaga's stream Encircles Ariconium, fruitful soil!
الصفحة 150 - ... it is very imperfectly, because we know not why: — the singer, by taking up the same air, and applying words to it, immediately translates the oration into our own language; then all uncertainty vanishes, the fancy is filled with determinate ideas...
الصفحة 127 - When the merry bells ring round, And the jocund rebecks sound To many a youth and many a maid, Dancing in the chequer'd shade...