Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum, Tom 2W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776 |
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Strona xii
... learned men had , by restoring the purity , opened an easy way to the ftudy , of the old claffics , a numberlefs tribe of commentators have attempted , after the manner of Longi- nus , to flourish on the excellencies of their ...
... learned men had , by restoring the purity , opened an easy way to the ftudy , of the old claffics , a numberlefs tribe of commentators have attempted , after the manner of Longi- nus , to flourish on the excellencies of their ...
Strona xiii
... learned , by an awkward imitation of it , to abuse the worst . But it did not content your zeal for the service of letters barely to remedy this abuse . It was not enough , in your enlarged view of things , to re- ftore either of these ...
... learned , by an awkward imitation of it , to abuse the worst . But it did not content your zeal for the service of letters barely to remedy this abuse . It was not enough , in your enlarged view of things , to re- ftore either of these ...
Strona xv
... learned application : all men being forward to judge , and few men giving themfelves leave to doubt of their being able to judge , of the merits of well - known and popular writers . + Nor is this all : When writers of a certain rank ...
... learned application : all men being forward to judge , and few men giving themfelves leave to doubt of their being able to judge , of the merits of well - known and popular writers . + Nor is this all : When writers of a certain rank ...
Strona xvii
... learned world , and , by your eminent merits , have fo oft provoked its injustice , will not be disturbed or furprized at it : much lefs should it discourage those who VOL . II . b are are difpofed to do you more right , from ...
... learned world , and , by your eminent merits , have fo oft provoked its injustice , will not be disturbed or furprized at it : much lefs should it discourage those who VOL . II . b are are difpofed to do you more right , from ...
Strona 8
... learned admiration of the antients , whofe age and reputation had made them truly venerable , and whofe genuine merits , in the main , could not be difputed , a direct attack upon their fame , at setting out , without any foftening ...
... learned admiration of the antients , whofe age and reputation had made them truly venerable , and whofe genuine merits , in the main , could not be difputed , a direct attack upon their fame , at setting out , without any foftening ...
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abfurdity action addrefs admiration adparent affections againſt alfo almoſt antients atque becauſe befides beft beſt cafe cenfure character cife circumftance comedy comic COMMENTARY compofition confideration confifts courſe critic criticiſm defign dicere diftinct drama effential epiftle eſpecially expreffion exprefs faid fame farce fatire fcene feems fenfe fentiment ferious ferve feveral fhew fhewn fhould firſt folemn fome fpeaking fpecies fpirit ftage ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fure furniſhed genius Greek hath himſelf honour Horace humour idea inftance inftruct intereft itſelf juft juſt learned leaſt lefs Lucilius manners meaſure merit modern moft moſt muft muſt nature numbers obferved occafion Pacuvius paffion perfons Plautus pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poet's poetry pofe POLYGNOTUS praiſe prefent profe purpoſe quod racter reader reaſon reprefented repreſentation reſpect ridicule Roman ſcene ſenſe ſpeak ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tragedy underſtand uſe Virgil whofe words writers
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Strona 155 - But Italy, reviving from the trance Of Vandal, Goth, and Monkish ignorance, With pauses, cadence, and well-vowell'd words, And all the graces a good ear affords, Made rhyme an art, and Dante's polish'd page Restored a silver, not a golden age.
Strona 135 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
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Strona 188 - ... portraits of this vicious taste are the admiration of common starers, who, if they find a picture of a miser for instance (as there is no commoner subject of moral portraits) in a collection, where every muscle is strained, and feature hardened into the expression of this idea, never fail to profess their wonder and approbation of it. — On this idea of excellence, Le Brun's book of the PASSIONS...
Strona 44 - ... for its novelty, preferable to the fublimer, but trite, themes of the Greek writers. Not but he intended, on fome future occafion, to adorn a nobler fubjeft.
Strona 74 - ... be taken in a different sense when it is joined with one of the things, from what it has in conjunction with the other.
Strona 245 - And lastly, his style in picturing characters, though masterly, was without that elegance of hand, which is required to correct and allay the force of so bold a colouring. Thus, the biass of his nature leading him to Plautus rather than Terence for his model, it is not to be wondered that his wit is too frequently caustic ; his raillery coarse ; and his humour excessive.
Strona 6 - Scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit inter Perfectos veteresque referri debet, an inter Viles atque novos? Excludat jurgia finis. Est vetus atque probus centum qui perficit annos.
Strona 82 - FATA Nepotum. This idea then of the sacred shield, the guard and glory of Rome, and on which, in this advanced situation, depended the fame and fortune of his country, the poet, with extreme elegance and sublimity, transfers to the shield which guarded their great progenitor, while he was laying the first foundations of the Roman Empire.