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... appear to the specta- tors , are nothing but general tints , and not the imitation of nature , which he feldom confulted about them . I fpeak of his figures , and not of his landskips . In the latter he seems to have confidered the ...
... appear to the specta- tors , are nothing but general tints , and not the imitation of nature , which he feldom confulted about them . I fpeak of his figures , and not of his landskips . In the latter he seems to have confidered the ...
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... appears throughout the whole work fuch an amiable spirit of fincerity and candor , as fufficiently atones as well for the few mistakes which escaped his diligence , as for fome weakneffes arifing from his com- plexion and nature . The ...
... appears throughout the whole work fuch an amiable spirit of fincerity and candor , as fufficiently atones as well for the few mistakes which escaped his diligence , as for fome weakneffes arifing from his com- plexion and nature . The ...
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... appears from his hiftory . He abounded in maxims , which , if not always juft , are often diverting . " Man , he used to " fay , poffeffes but three things , the foul , body , and wealth ; " and thefe are continually expofed to three ...
... appears from his hiftory . He abounded in maxims , which , if not always juft , are often diverting . " Man , he used to " fay , poffeffes but three things , the foul , body , and wealth ; " and thefe are continually expofed to three ...
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... ' Tis faid that , in order to preferve it , he covered it with four layers of colours , that when time fhould efface one , the other might appear quite fresh , and so on . out out again , bidding the old woman fhew that to PROTOGENE S. 29.
... ' Tis faid that , in order to preferve it , he covered it with four layers of colours , that when time fhould efface one , the other might appear quite fresh , and so on . out out again , bidding the old woman fhew that to PROTOGENE S. 29.
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... appears from the zeal , with which he recommended the printing of it before his death , that this was his favorite work . 8. De Rebus geftis Fre- derici Wi'elmi Magni , Electoris Brandenburgici Commen- tarii , 1695 , in two volumes ...
... appears from the zeal , with which he recommended the printing of it before his death , that this was his favorite work . 8. De Rebus geftis Fre- derici Wi'elmi Magni , Electoris Brandenburgici Commen- tarii , 1695 , in two volumes ...
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Sida 348 - The applause, delight, the wonder of our stage! My Shakespeare, rise! I will not lodge thee by Chaucer, or Spenser, or bid Beaumont lie A little further, to make thee a room: Thou art a monument without a tomb, And art alive still while thy book doth live And we have wits to read and praise to give.
Sida 501 - Caesar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies ? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise ? 'Tis but to know how little can be known, To see all others...
Sida 348 - Triumph, my Britain! Thou hast one to show To whom all scenes of Europe homage owe. He was not of an age, but for all time; And all the muses still were in their prime When, like Apollo, he came forth to warm Our ears, or like a Mercury to charm. Nature herself was proud of his designs And joyed to wear the dressing of his lines, Which were so richly spun and woven so fit As, since, she will vouchsafe no other wit.
Sida 341 - His characters are so much nature herself, that it is a sort of injury to call them by so distant a name as copies of her. Those of other poets have a constant resemblance, which...
Sida 501 - Oh ! while along the stream of Time thy name Expanded flies, and gathers all its fame, Say, shall my little bark attendant sail, Pursue the triumph, and partake the gale...
Sida 464 - Full little knowest thou that hast not tried, What hell it is, in suing long to bide: To lose good days, that might be better spent; To waste long nights in pensive discontent; To speed today, to be put back tomorrow; To feed on hope, to pine with fear and sorrow; To have thy prince's grace, yet want her peers...
Sida 483 - He Has vindicated Eloquence and Wit. His candid Stile like a clean Stream does slide, And his bright Fancy all the way Does like the Sun-shine in it play ; It does like Thames, the best of Rivers, glide, Where the God does not rudely overturn, But gently pour the Crystal Urn, And with judicious hand does the whole Current Guide. T' has all the Beauties Nature can impart, And all the comely Dress without the paint of Art.
Sida 345 - I believe they meant those which had lain ever since the author's days in the playhouse, and had from time to time been cut, or added to, arbitrarily.
Sida 344 - ... till after his death. The whole number of genuine plays, which we have been able to find printed in his lifetime, amounts but to eleven.
Sida 338 - He had, by a misfortune common enough to young fellows, fallen into ill company, and amongst them some that made a frequent practice of deerstealing engaged him with them more than once in robbing a park that belonged to Sir Thomas Lucy of Charlecote near Stratford.