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... things pleafing in themselves , and fuch as are fo merely from the force of habit . Were there any thing truly delightful in the nature of Rhymes , it is not probable , that that the ancients fhould have over - looked this advantage 2 ...
... things pleafing in themselves , and fuch as are fo merely from the force of habit . Were there any thing truly delightful in the nature of Rhymes , it is not probable , that that the ancients fhould have over - looked this advantage 2 ...
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... thing equivalent to thofe enforcements and lowering of founds , which give fuch a pleaf- ing variety , and have fo powerful an effect in mufic . Eug . Or this we have a fine example in the following paffage ; in which you'll ob- ferve ...
... thing equivalent to thofe enforcements and lowering of founds , which give fuch a pleaf- ing variety , and have fo powerful an effect in mufic . Eug . Or this we have a fine example in the following paffage ; in which you'll ob- ferve ...
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... thing to fay - but let it go : The fun is in the heaven , and the proud day Attended with the pleasures of the world . Is all too wanton , and too full of gawds , To To give me audience . bell * If the midnight 32 REMARKS ON THE.
... thing to fay - but let it go : The fun is in the heaven , and the proud day Attended with the pleasures of the world . Is all too wanton , and too full of gawds , To To give me audience . bell * If the midnight 32 REMARKS ON THE.
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... here , as in any mufical numbers , or in the out- " ward forms or representations of sensible things . " DIA DIALOGUE II . Hor . Afpafia , Hartenfius , Eugenio BEAUTIES OF POETRY . 59 * or auditor of other minds, cannot be with- ...
... here , as in any mufical numbers , or in the out- " ward forms or representations of sensible things . " DIA DIALOGUE II . Hor . Afpafia , Hartenfius , Eugenio BEAUTIES OF POETRY . 59 * or auditor of other minds, cannot be with- ...
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... thing , and it will stand thus . A work may have more of Nature dress'd to advantage than will do it good . This is impoffible ; and it is evident , that the confufion arises from the Poet's having annexed two different ideas to the ...
... thing , and it will stand thus . A work may have more of Nature dress'd to advantage than will do it good . This is impoffible ; and it is evident , that the confufion arises from the Poet's having annexed two different ideas to the ...
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Afpafia againſt almoſt anſwers beauty becauſe blank verfe cauſe circumſtances compariſon confifts Conftance correfpond couplet courſe Cymbeline defcribe defign deſcription Dido diſtinction diſtinguiſh effect Eugenio example expreffion faid fame fays fecond feelings feem fenfe fentiment fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fleep fome foul fpecies fpirit fpring fubject fucceffion fuch fudden fuperior fupport furpriſe fyllable genius give greateſt Hamlet happineſs harmony heav'n himſelf ideas imagery images imitation impreffions itſelf laft laſt Loft meaſure metaphor monotony moſt movement mufic muft muſt nature neceffity nexion Novelty numbers obferve occafion Othello paffage paffion Painting pariſon pathetic paufes pauſe pleafing pleaſed pleaſure Poet poetic Poetry profaic reft reprefented reſpect rhyme rife ſay ſcene ſeem ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch thee thefe lines theſe lines thofe thoſe thou thro tion underſtand underſtood verfe verfification verſe weakneſs whofe Whoſe και
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Page 40 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Page 15 - Th' infernal Serpent ; he it was, whose guile Stirr'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory...
Page 73 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 77 - You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And yourself too ; but 'tis not like a friend To hide your soul from me. 'Tis not your nature To be thus idle : I have seen you stand As you were blasted 'midst of all your mirth ; Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly ! — World, what do I here ? a friend Is nothing.
Page 13 - Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon : then from pole to pole He views in breadth, and without longer pause Down right into the world's first region throws His flight precipitant, and winds with ease Through the pure marble air his oblique way Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Stars distant, but nigh hand seem'd other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles...
Page 7 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro
Page 87 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Page 123 - In thefe principles, and in the examples by which they have been fupported, we fee clearly the reafon why every enlightened age has had, and muft continue to have, its original Writers. We have no right, therefore, to complain that nature is always the fame, or that the fources of novelty have been exhaufted. It is in Poetry as in Philofophy, new relations are ftruck out, new influences difcovered, and every fuperior genius moves in a world of his own.
Page 55 - The downy feather, on the cordage hung, Moves not; the flat sea shines like yellow gold, Fus'd in the fire ; or like the marble floor 'Of some old temple wide. But where...
Page 68 - But immediately after this the poet adds, For works may have more wit than does 'em good. Now let us substitute the definition in the place of the thing, and it will stand thus: A work may have more of nature dressed to advantage, than will do it good.