Poems on Several Subjects: In Two Volumes, Band 1George Pearch, 1769 - 172 Seiten |
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Seite xxi
... Reason and Ima- gination , properly moderated , and co - operating with united influence , to promote the discovery or the illu- ftration of truth . Though it is certain that a feparate province is affigned to each of these faculties ...
... Reason and Ima- gination , properly moderated , and co - operating with united influence , to promote the discovery or the illu- ftration of truth . Though it is certain that a feparate province is affigned to each of these faculties ...
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... reason the most lafting impreffions . The fallies of this irregular Faculty are likewife abrupt and inftantaneous , as they are generally the effects of a fudden impulfe , which reason is not permitted to restrain . As , therefore , we ...
... reason the most lafting impreffions . The fallies of this irregular Faculty are likewife abrupt and inftantaneous , as they are generally the effects of a fudden impulfe , which reason is not permitted to restrain . As , therefore , we ...
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... reason have been the loofeft and the most undetermined . There are indeed particular circumftances , by the concurrence of which one branch of an Art may be rendered perfect , when it is first introduced ; and these circumstances were ...
... reason have been the loofeft and the most undetermined . There are indeed particular circumftances , by the concurrence of which one branch of an Art may be rendered perfect , when it is first introduced ; and these circumstances were ...
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... reason , eftimating the series of human affairs . " AT a period confiderably later than either of the for- mer , flourished Simonides , a native of Ceos ; who , though principally celebrated as an elegiac Poet , has yet left fome ...
... reason , eftimating the series of human affairs . " AT a period confiderably later than either of the for- mer , flourished Simonides , a native of Ceos ; who , though principally celebrated as an elegiac Poet , has yet left fome ...
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... reason . Thus , when he is advising his friend not to mourn any longer for a man who was dead , inftead of proposing the subject , immediately he says , " Non femper imbres nubibus hifpidos " Manant in agros , " & c . Not always fnow ...
... reason . Thus , when he is advising his friend not to mourn any longer for a man who was dead , inftead of proposing the subject , immediately he says , " Non femper imbres nubibus hifpidos " Manant in agros , " & c . Not always fnow ...
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addreffed Anacreon beamy beauty becauſe bloom bofom breaft breath burfts burſt cifed circumftance cloud compofition Criticiſm darkneſs deſcription deſpair diverfified dreadful Effay ev'ry expreffion faid fame fays fcene felect fentiment fhade fhall fighs fimple firft firſt fkies flame foar folemn fome foul fpecies ftand ftill ftrain fubject fublime fuch fuperior Genius glow heav'n heav'nly himſelf Iliad illuftration imagination infpire laſt leaſt likewife looſe Lord Lordship lyre Lyric Poetry meaſure melting mind moſt mufic mufing muſt nature neceffary o'er obferve occafion Orpheus paffage paffion pale perfons Pindar pleaſure Poem Poet poetic pow'r praiſe prefent purpoſe purſue racter raiſe reader reaſon rifing roſe Sappho ſcene ſhade ſhall ſhould ſkies ſky ſmiling ſome ſphere ſtood ſtream thefe theme theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand thro throng tow'ring tranſport trembling uſe waſte whofe whoſe wild wing γαρ δε εν και μεν
Beliebte Passagen
Seite xxxix - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground ; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise : So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Seite xi - Whose buzz the witty and the fair annoys, Yet wit ne'er tastes, and beauty ne'er enjoys : So well-bred spaniels civilly delight In mumbling of the game they dare not bite. Eternal smiles his emptiness betray, As shallow streams run dimpling all the way.
Seite cxxiii - Verum ubi plura nitent in carmine, non ego paucis Offendar maculis, quas aut incuria fudit Aut humana parum cavit natura.
Seite c - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: the waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled; at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Seite 39 - He bowed the heavens also, and came down : and darkness was under his feet. And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Seite 101 - Nurs'd on the downy lap of ease, Fall prostrate at His throne : Ye princes, rulers, all adore ; Praise Him, ye kings, who makes your power An image of His own. Ye fair, by nature form'd to move, O praise th...
Seite 98 - Join, ye loud spheres, the vocal choir ; Thou dazzling orb of liquid fire, The mighty chorus aid : Soon as grey ev'ning gilds the plain, Thou, moon, protract the melting strain.
Seite xxxiii - Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed glorioufly ; the horfe and his rider hath he thrown into the fea.
Seite xxxiv - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, The floods stood upright as an heap, And the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Seite cvi - But wrapt in error is the human mind, And human bliss is ever insecure : Know we what fortune yet remains behind ? Know we how long the present shall endure ? WIST.