Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance: by the Reverend Doctor Hurd. In Three VolumesT. Cadell in the Strand, 1776 |
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... most popular , and deferve to be fo ; fuch as his pieces on Govern- ment , Trade , Liberty , and Education . No man understands the world better ; or reasons more clearly on thofe fubjects , in which that world takes itfelf to be moft ...
... most popular , and deferve to be fo ; fuch as his pieces on Govern- ment , Trade , Liberty , and Education . No man understands the world better ; or reasons more clearly on thofe fubjects , in which that world takes itfelf to be moft ...
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... most of them , I think , fet up for Politi- cians and Legiflators , as well as Philofo- phers ; and in that infancy of arts and commerce , when diftant nations had fmall intercourfe with each other , it might be of real advantage to ...
... most of them , I think , fet up for Politi- cians and Legiflators , as well as Philofo- phers ; and in that infancy of arts and commerce , when diftant nations had fmall intercourfe with each other , it might be of real advantage to ...
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... most of these refpectable au- thorities for the ufe of travelling , it must still be remembered , that they are wide of our prefent purpose . They were Sages , that travelled : and we are now inquiring , whether this be the way for ...
... most of these refpectable au- thorities for the ufe of travelling , it must still be remembered , that they are wide of our prefent purpose . They were Sages , that travelled : and we are now inquiring , whether this be the way for ...
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... most wanted . THIS then was the fashionable route of our curious and courtly youth and many accomplished perfons , I can readily admit , were to be found in the number of our Italian Travellers . Yet , methinks , they had done better to ...
... most wanted . THIS then was the fashionable route of our curious and courtly youth and many accomplished perfons , I can readily admit , were to be found in the number of our Italian Travellers . Yet , methinks , they had done better to ...
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... most and the worft vices . Conceit , pride , bigotry , infolence , ferocity , cruelty , are the native product of the human mind , kept uncultivated . Self - love , which makes fo predominant a part in the con- stitution of man , that ...
... most and the worft vices . Conceit , pride , bigotry , infolence , ferocity , cruelty , are the native product of the human mind , kept uncultivated . Self - love , which makes fo predominant a part in the con- stitution of man , that ...
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abfurd accompliſhed adventures againſt almoſt anſwer antient ARIOSTO beft beſt buſineſs cafe character Chivalry circumſtances claffic confideration converfation defign difcipline eſpecially faid Fairy Queen fame fancies faſhionable fatire fcene feem feen fenfe ferve feudal fhall fhew fhould focieties fome fomething foon foreign travel fpirit ftate ftill ftories ftudies fubject fuch fuperftition fuperior fuppofe furely fyftem genius Gothic Gothic fictions guife himſelf Iliad inftance inftruction itſelf juft juſt knights knowledge laft leaft learning leaſt lefs LETTER LOCKE LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship mafter manners mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffion perfons philofopher pleaſe poem poet polite prefent proper purpoſe queftion racter reafon refpect reft Romance ſay ſchools ſenſe ſhall Sir TOPAZ ſome SPENSER ſtate ſtill ſtudy TASSO taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion TOPAZ underſtand Univerſities uſe virtue young youth
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Strana 264 - 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 328 - There was no example of any such manners remaining on the face of the Earth: And as they never did subsist but once, and are never likely to subsist again, people would be led of course to think and speak of them, as romantic, and unnatural.
Strana 207 - ... knights, as to give birth to the attentions of gallantry. But this gallantry would take a refined turn, not only from the...
Strana 260 - 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 267 - When an architect examines a Gothic structure by Grecian rules, he finds nothing but deformity. But the Gothic architecture has its own rules, by which when it comes to be examined, it is seen to have its merit, as well as the Grecian.
Strana 259 - The ancients have not much of this poetry among them ; for, indeed, almost the whole substance of it owes its original to the darkness and superstition of later ages, when pious frauds were made use of to amuse mankind, and frighten them into a sense of their duty.
Strana 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
Strana 279 - ... his critics seem not to have been aware of it — His chief hero was not to have the twelve virtues in the degree in which the knights had each of them their own...
Strana 207 - Virtue fhould be plentifully found, Which of all goodly manners is the ground And roote of civil converfation : Right fo in faery court it did refound, Where courteous knights and ladies moft did won Of all on earth, and made a matchlefs paragon.
Strana 247 - I mean the poetry we still read, and which was founded upon it. Much has been said, and with great truth, of the felicity of Homer's age for poetical manners. But as Homer was a citizen of the world, when he had...