Critical EssaysT. Spilsbury, 1770 - 327 pagini |
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Pagina i
... character as a man , and his talents and erudition as a writer , have been fo copiously handled by the ingenious Mr. SMITH , whofe Tranf- lation has done juftice to " the Sublime , " that it would be vain to enlarge upon those topics ...
... character as a man , and his talents and erudition as a writer , have been fo copiously handled by the ingenious Mr. SMITH , whofe Tranf- lation has done juftice to " the Sublime , " that it would be vain to enlarge upon those topics ...
Pagina v
... character , they are not so numerous as to difcredit his compofition ; and are reprefented , not to indulge a malevolent wantonness , but as a decent facrifice to truth . . 2 Whether LONGINUS placed too great a confidence in memory ...
... character , they are not so numerous as to difcredit his compofition ; and are reprefented , not to indulge a malevolent wantonness , but as a decent facrifice to truth . . 2 Whether LONGINUS placed too great a confidence in memory ...
Pagina 8
... character of that famous ancient ) fays , " Sunt certè tra- gici cujufdam autoris . " They are indeed , as LONGINUS defcribes them , “ ὄν τραγικα σε ἀλλὰ παρατραγώδα . ” The other examples in the text seem to be produced by the fame ...
... character of that famous ancient ) fays , " Sunt certè tra- gici cujufdam autoris . " They are indeed , as LONGINUS defcribes them , “ ὄν τραγικα σε ἀλλὰ παρατραγώδα . ” The other examples in the text seem to be produced by the fame ...
Pagina 21
... Character , and those of Compo- fition . To refpect a man as good , because he is rich , though the ufual incenfe of de- figning flattery , is abfurd . The mind is more frequently debafed , than improved by wealth . A difinterested ...
... Character , and those of Compo- fition . To refpect a man as good , because he is rich , though the ufual incenfe of de- figning flattery , is abfurd . The mind is more frequently debafed , than improved by wealth . A difinterested ...
Pagina 23
... character , they equally deferve it now ; for works of genuine excel- lence receive not an intrinfic change from the fluctuation of time , or the caprice of taste ; and , if more certain of a happy display in any language , are more ...
... character , they equally deferve it now ; for works of genuine excel- lence receive not an intrinfic change from the fluctuation of time , or the caprice of taste ; and , if more certain of a happy display in any language , are more ...
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admirable Æneid affect againſt almoft ANCHISES ancient ANTILOCHUS ASCANIUS becauſe beft beſt bleffed cenfure character characteriſtic cife compariſon compofition confideration confiftently conftruction critic criticifm defcribed defcription DEMOSTHENES DIDO difgrace difpofition efteemed elegant ENEAS epic epiſode eſtabliſhment EURYALUS EURYTION excellent exertions expreffed expreffion facrifice fame fays fcene fecond feems fent fentiment feveral fhall fhould fimilar firft fituation folemn fome former foul fpeaking fpeech fpirit ftill fubject fublimity fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior genius Grecian Greek hero HERODOTUS hiftory himſelf HOMER honor Hyperbaton Iliad indulged infpired inftance itſelf JOSEPH WARTON judgement laft latter lefs LONGINUS Lufus mafter meaſure ment merits MNESTHEUS moft moſt muft muſt nature NISUS numbers obferved occafion OVID paffage paffions perfon poet poetical poetry prefent prefumed racter reader reafon reflection repreſentation repreſented Roman Section ſeems ſeveral thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation Trojan ufually uſe verfe VIRGIL whofe whoſe words writer καὶ
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 51 - ... to God. Carry her to his table to view his poor fare, and hear his heavenly discourse.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 85 - Ambition should be made of sterner stuff; Yet Brutus says he was ambitious ; And Brutus is an honorable man.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.