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Pagina 51
... said he went thither , " not to teach men , but to heal them . " 66 Pythagoras was perfecuted in the last years of his life , and died a tragical death . There was at Croton a young man called Cylon , whom a noble birth and opulence had ...
... said he went thither , " not to teach men , but to heal them . " 66 Pythagoras was perfecuted in the last years of his life , and died a tragical death . There was at Croton a young man called Cylon , whom a noble birth and opulence had ...
Pagina 86
... said with an angry tone , " because he " knows how to make good verfes , does he think he knows ་ every thing ? And would he be a minifter of state , because " he is a great poet ? " Thefe words hurt Racine greatly : he conceived ...
... said with an angry tone , " because he " knows how to make good verfes , does he think he knows ་ every thing ? And would he be a minifter of state , because " he is a great poet ? " Thefe words hurt Racine greatly : he conceived ...
Pagina 102
... said by him , and fome that may deserve critical animadversion , yet his work abounds with excellent materials , and upon the whole is both useful and entertaining . He died at Paris the 27th of October , 1687 ; and his elo- gium ...
... said by him , and fome that may deserve critical animadversion , yet his work abounds with excellent materials , and upon the whole is both useful and entertaining . He died at Paris the 27th of October , 1687 ; and his elo- gium ...
Pagina 130
... said of Regnier , that he laid the foundation , and was perhaps more an original writer than Boileau . He is supposed to have ta- ken Juvenal and Perfius for his model : it is certain , that he has in fome places imitated Ovid , and ...
... said of Regnier , that he laid the foundation , and was perhaps more an original writer than Boileau . He is supposed to have ta- ken Juvenal and Perfius for his model : it is certain , that he has in fome places imitated Ovid , and ...
Pagina 135
... said , that he could fcarcely read . We must not therefore expect to find correctness of defign , or a gusto of the an- tique , in the works of this painter . He had old pieces of armour , old inftruments , old head - dreffes , and ...
... said , that he could fcarcely read . We must not therefore expect to find correctness of defign , or a gusto of the an- tique , in the works of this painter . He had old pieces of armour , old inftruments , old head - dreffes , and ...
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Pasaje populare
Pagina 348 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Pagina 501 - Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...
Pagina 348 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
Pagina 341 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
Pagina 501 - Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale...
Pagina 464 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Pagina 483 - He Has vindicated Eloquence and Wit. His candid Stile like a clean Stream does slide, And his bright Fancy all the way Does like the Sun-shine in it play ; It does like Thames, the best of Rivers, glide, Where the God does not rudely overturn, But gently pour the Crystal Urn, And with judicious hand does the whole Current Guide. T' has all the Beauties Nature can impart, And all the comely Dress without the paint of Art.
Pagina 345 - I believe they meant those which had lain ever since the author's days in the playhouse, and had from time to time been cut, or added to, arbitrarily.
Pagina 344 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Pagina 338 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them some that made a frequent practice of deerstealing engaged him with them more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.