The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Bände 1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... compositions : but the efforts of all were employed in pro- ducing , for the delight and admiration of future ages , those wonders of art , which enlightened and splendid patronage will never fail to produce . Royal Society . ON Dec. 1 ...
... compositions : but the efforts of all were employed in pro- ducing , for the delight and admiration of future ages , those wonders of art , which enlightened and splendid patronage will never fail to produce . Royal Society . ON Dec. 1 ...
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... composition ; and that no care is sufficient at all times to pre- vent those errors of the " poco troppo , " which , when they have happened , no zeal , no genius , can happily correct ; and it is equally true , that where this does not ...
... composition ; and that no care is sufficient at all times to pre- vent those errors of the " poco troppo , " which , when they have happened , no zeal , no genius , can happily correct ; and it is equally true , that where this does not ...
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... compositions , some of which he brought to England with him . Among these , may be more particularly specified , a ... composition was exhibited in the British Institution last season , it must be so recent in the memory of every one ...
... compositions , some of which he brought to England with him . Among these , may be more particularly specified , a ... composition was exhibited in the British Institution last season , it must be so recent in the memory of every one ...
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... composition from oblivion . Mr. Beloe , in his amusing ' Anecdotes of literature and scarce books . ' Vol . i . 241-4 , has given a particular account of the various editions of this work ; and Warton alludes to it in his History of ...
... composition from oblivion . Mr. Beloe , in his amusing ' Anecdotes of literature and scarce books . ' Vol . i . 241-4 , has given a particular account of the various editions of this work ; and Warton alludes to it in his History of ...
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... compositions ; and , in the opinion of Mr. G. Ellis , ' not to suf- fer by a comparison with the best con- temporary sonnets written by professed French poets . ' The principal work of Gower was said to be his Confession of a Lover ...
... compositions ; and , in the opinion of Mr. G. Ellis , ' not to suf- fer by a comparison with the best con- temporary sonnets written by professed French poets . ' The principal work of Gower was said to be his Confession of a Lover ...
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Seite 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Seite 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Seite 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Seite 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Seite 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Seite 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Seite 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Seite 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Seite 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Seite 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.