Moral and political dialogues: being the substance of several conversations between divers eminent persons, with critical and explanatory notes by the editor [R. Hurd]. With letters on chivalry and romance by mr. Hurd, Svazek 3 |
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... fhould tell you , perhaps , the occafion that led us into this track of converfa- tion . Nay , I fhould tell you what acci- dent had brought us together ; and fhould even omit no circumstance of time or place , which might be proper to ...
... fhould tell you , perhaps , the occafion that led us into this track of converfa- tion . Nay , I fhould tell you what acci- dent had brought us together ; and fhould even omit no circumstance of time or place , which might be proper to ...
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... fhould be much of your mind with regard to the improvements he might be expected to bring back with him . But let him hear and obferve a little , as well as fee , and methinks a youth of eighteen might pick up fome- thing of value ...
... fhould be much of your mind with regard to the improvements he might be expected to bring back with him . But let him hear and obferve a little , as well as fee , and methinks a youth of eighteen might pick up fome- thing of value ...
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... fhould cherish , and not correct , thofe vices which fo natural- ly fpring from it , what lefs could we ex- pect than to be distinguished by fuch names , as our ill - manners would well de- serve , though our pride might fuffer from the ...
... fhould cherish , and not correct , thofe vices which fo natural- ly fpring from it , what lefs could we ex- pect than to be distinguished by fuch names , as our ill - manners would well de- serve , though our pride might fuffer from the ...
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... fhould be an intimate study and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard for for his decyphering . Yet others arè eafier and more 48 ON THE USES OF.
... fhould be an intimate study and knowledge of his fpecies . Say , that fome chapters of this great book , the world , are above his reach , and too hard for for his decyphering . Yet others arè eafier and more 48 ON THE USES OF.
Strana 55
... , in fome con- venient time we should have fomething of our own to oppofe to the wit , learning , and elegance of France ; and that , in the E 4 mechanic 1 mechanic execution of the fine arts , we fhould FOREIGN TRAVEL . 55.
... , in fome con- venient time we should have fomething of our own to oppofe to the wit , learning , and elegance of France ; and that , in the E 4 mechanic 1 mechanic execution of the fine arts , we fhould FOREIGN TRAVEL . 55.
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abfurd accompliſhed adventures againſt almoſt antient ARIOSTO beft beſt buſineſs cafe character Chivalry circumſtances civility claffic confideration conftitution converfation Crufades defign difcipline Faery Queen faid fame fancies faſhionable fatire feem feen fenfe ferve feudal feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould focieties fome fomething foreign travel fpeak fpirit ftate ftill ftory ftudies fubject fuch fuperftition fuperior fuppofe furely fyftem genius Gothic Gothic fictions himſelf Iliad inftance itſelf juſt knights knowledge leaft learning leaſt lefs LETTER LOCKE LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship mafters manners ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffed paffion perfons philofopher pleaſe poem poet poffible politenefs prefent proper purpoſe queſtion racter reafon refpect Romance ſcene ſchools Sir TOPAZ SPENSER ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtudy TASSO taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion TOPAZ truth underſtand Univerſities uſe virtue young youth
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Strana 254 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Strana 197 - ... knights, as to give birth to the attentions of gallantry. But this gallantry would take a refined turn, not only from the...
Strana 250 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
Strana 255 - Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Strana 324 - The only favourable circumftance that attended him (and this no doubt encouraged, if it did not produce his untimely project) was, that he was fomewhat befriended in thefe...
Strana 252 - Under this idea then of a Gothic, not classical poem, the Faerie Queene is to be read and criticized. And on these principles, it would not be difficult to unfold its merit in another way than has been hitherto attempted.
Strana 259 - ... grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient Chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...
Strana 270 - This was the poet's moral ; and what way of expressing this moral in the history but by making Prince Arthur appear in each adventure, and in a manner subordinate to its proper hero ? Thus, though inferior to each in his own specific virtue, he is superior to all, by uniting...
Strana 250 - There was not a village in England that had not a ghost in it; the churchyards were all haunted; every large common had a circle of fairies belonging to it; and there was scarce a shepherd to be met with who had not seen a spirit.
Strana 237 - Liberata into competition with the Iliad. So far as the heroic and Gothic manners are the same, the pictures of each, if well taken, must be equally entertaining. But I go further, and maintain that the circumstances in which they differ are clearly to the advantage of the Gothic designers.