Elements of Criticism, Volumen1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... hearts of his subjects . Succefs will crown the undertaking , and endear GEORGE THE THIRD to our latest posterity . THE moft elevated and moft refined pleasure of human nature , is enjoyed by a virtuous Prince governing a virtuous peo ...
... hearts of his subjects . Succefs will crown the undertaking , and endear GEORGE THE THIRD to our latest posterity . THE moft elevated and moft refined pleasure of human nature , is enjoyed by a virtuous Prince governing a virtuous peo ...
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... heart no lefs than the understanding . It tends , in the first place , to moderate the selfish affections by sweetening and harmonizing the temper , it is a strong antidote to the turbulence of paffion , and violence of pursuit : it ...
... heart no lefs than the understanding . It tends , in the first place , to moderate the selfish affections by sweetening and harmonizing the temper , it is a strong antidote to the turbulence of paffion , and violence of pursuit : it ...
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... heart . The principles of the fine arts , appear in this view to open a direct avenue to the heart of man . VOL . I. C The 1 The inquifitive mind beginning with criticism , the most.
... heart . The principles of the fine arts , appear in this view to open a direct avenue to the heart of man . VOL . I. C The 1 The inquifitive mind beginning with criticism , the most.
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... heart , of its defires , and of every motive to action ; a science , which of all that can be reached by man , is to him of the greatest importance . Upon a fubject fo comprehenfive , all that can be expected in this chapter , is a ...
... heart , of its defires , and of every motive to action ; a science , which of all that can be reached by man , is to him of the greatest importance . Upon a fubject fo comprehenfive , all that can be expected in this chapter , is a ...
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... heart when he thinks warmly of any fignal act of gratitude : he will be conscious of the feeling , as diftin & t from the esteem or admira- tion he has for the grateful perfon . The feeling is fingular in the following refpect , that it ...
... heart when he thinks warmly of any fignal act of gratitude : he will be conscious of the feeling , as diftin & t from the esteem or admira- tion he has for the grateful perfon . The feeling is fingular in the following refpect , that it ...
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Página 287 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 157 - I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 156 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Página 283 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Página 162 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Página 74 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Página 510 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Página 221 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 136 - Out upon her ! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Página 161 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!