The Works of Petronius Arbiter: Tr. by Several Hands. With a Key, by a Person of Honour, and Also His Life and CharacterS. Briscoe, and sold, 1714 - 360 páginas |
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... Design he had , and how he has execu- ted that Defign . The Men of Wit among the Greeks and Romans always affum'd the Principle of that Sect of Philofophy A 3 which which was moft agreeable to his Temper and Genius . The PREFACE .
... Design he had , and how he has execu- ted that Defign . The Men of Wit among the Greeks and Romans always affum'd the Principle of that Sect of Philofophy A 3 which which was moft agreeable to his Temper and Genius . The PREFACE .
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... designs Seneca , who was Nero's Preceptor , and a Stoic Philofopher ; the fame whom this Prince defcrib'd under the Name of Trimalchio , and whom he calls his Mafter , in the Feast he made for his Friends . The Author gives him the Name ...
... designs Seneca , who was Nero's Preceptor , and a Stoic Philofopher ; the fame whom this Prince defcrib'd under the Name of Trimalchio , and whom he calls his Mafter , in the Feast he made for his Friends . The Author gives him the Name ...
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... Designs and to prevent them ; but lofing fight of him , I was a long time in pursuit of him to no purpose . When I had fearch'd the whole Town , I return'd to my Cellar , where , the Ceremo- ny of Kiffes being over , I got my Boy to a ...
... Designs and to prevent them ; but lofing fight of him , I was a long time in pursuit of him to no purpose . When I had fearch'd the whole Town , I return'd to my Cellar , where , the Ceremo- ny of Kiffes being over , I got my Boy to a ...
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... which , I believe , were not done with a Design , but unawares you had the Misfortune to perpe- trate them , and an inexpiable abomination . r ! For For my part , it troubled me all Night , PETRONIUS ARBITER . 29 The Story of Quartilla P.
... which , I believe , were not done with a Design , but unawares you had the Misfortune to perpe- trate them , and an inexpiable abomination . r ! For For my part , it troubled me all Night , PETRONIUS ARBITER . 29 The Story of Quartilla P.
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... not power to utter a word : But the Company put me in heart a- gain , for they were but three Women , and if they had any design , must yet be too weak to to effect it against us , who if we had PETRONIUS ARBITER . 31.
... not power to utter a word : But the Company put me in heart a- gain , for they were but three Women , and if they had any design , must yet be too weak to to effect it against us , who if we had PETRONIUS ARBITER . 31.
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 354 - tis a bold pretence To judgment, breeding, wit, and -eloquence : Nay more ; for they must look within, to find Those secret turns of nature in the mind : Without this part, in vain would be the whole, And but a body all, Without a soul.
Página 353 - Are, tho' but little praflis'd, too well known To be taught here, where we pretend alone From nicer faults to purge the prefent age, " Lefs obvious errors of the Englifh ftage.
Página 353 - Extremely fhort, and fpoke in paffion too. Our lovers talking to themfelves, for want Of others, make the pit their confidant; Nor is the matter mended yet, if thus They truft a friend, only to tell it us : Th' occafion mould as naturally fall, As when Bellario confefles all.
Página 290 - Acme, enflam'd with what he said, Rear'd her gently-bending head, And her purple mouth with joy, Stretching to the delicious Boy, Twice (and twice could...
Página 346 - Are necessary, yet but vulgar arts ; And all in vain these superficial parts Contribute to the structure of the whole ; Without a genius, too, for that's the soul: A spirit which inspires the work throughout, As that of nature moves the world about ; A flame that glows amidst conceptions fit, Even something of divine, and more than wit ; Itself unseen, yet all things by it shown, Describing all men, but describ'd by none.
Página 350 - Cooper's Hill. A higher flight, and of a happier force, Are Odes: the Mufes' moft unruly horfe, That bounds fo fierce, the rider has no reft, Here foams at mouth, and moves like one poflefs'd.
Página 359 - A work of fuch ineftimable worth, There are but two the world has yet brought forth ! Homer and Virgil ! with what facred awe, Do thofe...
Página 360 - Who through this Labyrinth has lent the Clue ! But what, alas ! avails it poor Mankind, To fee this promis'd Land, yet ftay behind ? The Way is...
Página 345 - F all thofe arts in which the wife excel, Nature's chief mafter-piece is writing well : No writing lifts exalted man fo high, As facred and foul-moving poefy : No kind o£ work requires fo nice a touch, And, if well finifh'd, nothing mines fo much.
Página 347 - The beft of mafters, and examples too ! Echoes at beft, all we can fay is vain ; Dull the defign, and fruitlefs were the pain. 'Tis true, the ancients we may rob with eafe ; But who with that mean fhift himfelf can pleafe, \Vithout an adtor's pride ? A player's art Is above his, who writes a borrow'd part.