Critical EssaysT. Spilsbury, 1770 - 327 páginas |
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Página ii
... former , to fpeak literally , have , with ARISTOTLE , cramped the imagination within the trammels of rule ; and the latter have by indulging a critical affectation , created elegance , but deftroyed majefty ; in confe- quence of which ...
... former , to fpeak literally , have , with ARISTOTLE , cramped the imagination within the trammels of rule ; and the latter have by indulging a critical affectation , created elegance , but deftroyed majefty ; in confe- quence of which ...
Página iv
... former . He could not , as a critic of taste and erudition , have construed the Mantuan in the infignificant light of a plagiary of the Greek . It is indeed obfervable , that LONGINUS offers the largest portion of in- cenfe to the ...
... former . He could not , as a critic of taste and erudition , have construed the Mantuan in the infignificant light of a plagiary of the Greek . It is indeed obfervable , that LONGINUS offers the largest portion of in- cenfe to the ...
Página vi
... fentence yɛvsodw yn is not in the original , and takes off the fublimity and expref- fiveness of the former part , " Let there be " light ! -and there was light . " It must likewise be admitted , that LON- GINUS exhibits i . PREFACE .
... fentence yɛvsodw yn is not in the original , and takes off the fublimity and expref- fiveness of the former part , " Let there be " light ! -and there was light . " It must likewise be admitted , that LON- GINUS exhibits i . PREFACE .
Página vii
... former parts of thofe definitions fometimes convey a different idea of their genuine ufe , from the latter . Indulgent to thefe few and inferior blemishes , and conscious of his more friking excellencies , a true critic ( for fuch there ...
... former parts of thofe definitions fometimes convey a different idea of their genuine ufe , from the latter . Indulgent to thefe few and inferior blemishes , and conscious of his more friking excellencies , a true critic ( for fuch there ...
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... former , judge- ment has its time to refift the influence ; in the latter , the imagination is overpowered . We may be fenfibly affected with HOMER'S ACHILLES on the fea fide , weeping his difgrace ; but are roused beyond measure at the ...
... former , judge- ment has its time to refift the influence ; in the latter , the imagination is overpowered . We may be fenfibly affected with HOMER'S ACHILLES on the fea fide , weeping his difgrace ; but are roused beyond measure at the ...
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Página 81 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Página 84 - Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him. The evil, that men do, lives after them ; The good is oft interred with their bones ; So let it be with Caesar.
Página 140 - Then spake Joshua to the LORD in the day when the LORD delivered up the Amorites before the children of Israel, and he said in the sight of Israel, Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon; and thou Moon, in the valley of Ajalon. And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies...
Página 68 - For ye suffer, if a man bring you into bondage, if a man devour you, if a man take of you, if a man exalt himself, if a man smite you on the face.
Página 51 - ... to God. Carry her to his table to view his poor fare, and hear his heavenly discourse.
Página 87 - God. 2 Corrupt are they, and become abominable in their wickedness : there is none that doeth good. 3 God looked down from heaven upon the children of men : to see if there were any, that would understand, and seek after God. 4 But they are all gone out of the way, they are altogether become abominable : there is also none that doeth good, no not one.
Página 85 - Ambition should be made of sterner stuff; Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Página 140 - And the Sun stood still, and the Moon stayed, until the people had avenged themselves upon their enemies: is not this written in the book of Jasher ? so the sun stood still in the midst of heaven, and hasted not to go down about a whole day. And there was no day like that, before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man : for the LORD fought for Israel.
Página 120 - tis a common proof, That lowliness is young ambition's ladder, Whereto the climber-upward turns his face; But when he once attains the upmost round, He then unto the ladder turns his back, Looks in the clouds, scorning the base degrees By which he did ascend: so Caesar may; Then, lest he may, prevent.
Página 88 - Watch therefore : for ye know not when the lord of the house cometh, whether at even, or at midnight, or at cockcrowing, or in the morning ; lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.