Dissertation on Greek comedy fr. Brumoy. Observations on Macbeth. Adventurer. RasselasNichols and Son, 1801 |
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... least sketch a draught of the comedy . I then confidered , that it was not wholy impoffible to furmount , at leaft in part , the difficulties which had ftopt me , and to go fomewhat farther than the learned writers , who have publifhed ...
... least sketch a draught of the comedy . I then confidered , that it was not wholy impoffible to furmount , at leaft in part , the difficulties which had ftopt me , and to go fomewhat farther than the learned writers , who have publifhed ...
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... least a fign , that he had contributed more than any other to bring comedy to Expolis was an Athenian ; his death , which we shall mention prefently , is reprefented differently by authors , who almost all agree that he was drowned ...
... least a fign , that he had contributed more than any other to bring comedy to Expolis was an Athenian ; his death , which we shall mention prefently , is reprefented differently by authors , who almost all agree that he was drowned ...
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... comedy , with refpect at least to their own times , than * Suet . de Claris Grammat . fays , that C. Gelissus , librarian to Au- guftus , was the author of it . can can be received from names and terms , from which GREEK COMEDY . 15.
... comedy , with refpect at least to their own times , than * Suet . de Claris Grammat . fays , that C. Gelissus , librarian to Au- guftus , was the author of it . can can be received from names and terms , from which GREEK COMEDY . 15.
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... least the inheritor of his genius , may it not be allowed us to do , with refpect to him , what , if I mistake not , Lucretius did to En- pius , from whose muddy verfes he gathered jewels ? Enni de ftercore gemmas . Befides , we must ...
... least the inheritor of his genius , may it not be allowed us to do , with refpect to him , what , if I mistake not , Lucretius did to En- pius , from whose muddy verfes he gathered jewels ? Enni de ftercore gemmas . Befides , we must ...
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Samuel Johnson. rently at least of his genius ; for , in his piece called The Entertainment , he gives that poet a diftinguished place , and makes him fpeak , according to his charac- ter , with Socrates himself ; from which , by the way ...
Samuel Johnson. rently at least of his genius ; for , in his piece called The Entertainment , he gives that poet a diftinguished place , and makes him fpeak , according to his charac- ter , with Socrates himself ; from which , by the way ...
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againſt amufe anfwered Ariftophanes Baffa Banquo becauſe caufe cenfure comedy comick confequence confidered converfation defign defire delight difcovered eafily endeavoured eſcape Euripides faid Imlac faid the prince fame fatire fays fcarcely fcene fecurity feems feen fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle firft firſt folitude fome fomething fometimes foon ftate ftill fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed furely genius happineſs happy himſelf honour hope imagine itſelf juft kayah laft leaſt lefs likewife lofe loft Macbeth mankind Menander mifery mind moft Moliere moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary Nekayah never obfcure obferved occafion paffage paffed paffions Pekuah phanes Plautus pleafed pleaſe pleaſure Plutarch poet prefent princefs publick purpoſe racter Raffelas raiſe reafon refolved refpect reft ſhall Socrates ſtate taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tragedy underſtand univerfal uſed whofe
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Seite 317 - But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Seite 329 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, "is to examine not the individual but the species, to remark general properties and large appearances; he does not number the streaks of the tulip or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Seite 316 - Nile through all his passage; pass over to distant regions, and examine the face of nature from one extremity of the earth to the other!
Seite 305 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Seite 389 - Whoever thou art that, not content with a moderate condition, imaginest happiness in royal magnificence, and dreamest that command or riches can feed the appetite of novelty with perpetual gratifications, survey the Pyramids, and confess thy folly!
Seite 95 - Implored your highness' pardon and set forth A deep repentance: nothing in his life Became him like the leaving it; he died As one that had been studied in his death, To throw away the dearest thing he owed As 'twere a careless trifle.
Seite 378 - ... after conformity of opinions, similarity of manners, rectitude of judgment, or purity of sentiment?
Seite 89 - Tiger: But in a sieve I'll thither sail, And, like a rat without a tail, I'll do, I'll do, and I'll do.
Seite 441 - ... to found a college of learned women, in which she would preside, that by conversing with the old, and educating the young, she might divide her time between the acquisition and communication of wisdom, and raise up for the next age models of prudence, and patterns of piety.
Seite 415 - I have possessed for five years the regulation of the weather, and the distribution of the seasons ; the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab.