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... Genius . This powerful and prevailing prejudice places it at too great a distance to admit of an impar- tial view . But when the nature of this study , and the various objects of it , are are attentively examined and compared , the mind ...
... Genius . This powerful and prevailing prejudice places it at too great a distance to admit of an impar- tial view . But when the nature of this study , and the various objects of it , are are attentively examined and compared , the mind ...
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... genius , and manners of the various nations of the world . 1. The first object which strikes us , as the first in order and natural preeminence , is the LANGUAGE of a people : in tracing which through the many changes , which it has ...
... genius , and manners of the various nations of the world . 1. The first object which strikes us , as the first in order and natural preeminence , is the LANGUAGE of a people : in tracing which through the many changes , which it has ...
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... Genius . 2. The Hiftory of ARCHITECRURE like that of the other Arts marks out the pro- greffion of Manners . Among the Dorians it carried with it the aufterity of their national character , which difplayed itfelf in their language and ...
... Genius . 2. The Hiftory of ARCHITECRURE like that of the other Arts marks out the pro- greffion of Manners . Among the Dorians it carried with it the aufterity of their national character , which difplayed itfelf in their language and ...
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... tion which once refounded from every fide of Greece : a fate which even fome pro- ductions of modern genius have suffered from Time , accident , and the ignorance of their their poffeffors . But fortunately this loss is in fome ( 13 )
... tion which once refounded from every fide of Greece : a fate which even fome pro- ductions of modern genius have suffered from Time , accident , and the ignorance of their their poffeffors . But fortunately this loss is in fome ( 13 )
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... genius of a Nation exhibited in its native form , undisguifed by partial reprefentation , and unmutilated by imperfect miscellaneous tradition . The general difpofition of the Attic Law points out at once the character of that libe- ral ...
... genius of a Nation exhibited in its native form , undisguifed by partial reprefentation , and unmutilated by imperfect miscellaneous tradition . The general difpofition of the Attic Law points out at once the character of that libe- ral ...
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abſtract action Ages alfo alſo Analyſis ancient Antiquary Arts becauſe cauſe cife claffical compariſon Comte de CAYLUS courſe cuſtoms DAWES derived Diefpiter Digamma diligent diſcover diſtinguiſh Effay elegance eſpecially eſtabliſhed Etymology exifted expreffed expreffion extenfive faid fame origin fays feems fenfations fenfe feveral fhew fhould fignification fimilar fimple fimplicity firft firſt fome formed fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed genius grammatical Greek Language guage hiſtory human Ideas illuftrate imitation inftances inftitutions Inquiry intereſting itſelf Latin Latin languages learned lefs leſs Lord MONBODDO manners meaſure mind moft monuments moſt muſt names of things nature neceffary neceffities obfervation objects origin of Language otherwiſe paffage paffive particular Philofophers pleaſure Poets poliſhed preferve preſent primitive progrefs purpoſes racter reaſon refpect reſearches ſeems ſhall ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtudy Study of Antiquities ſuch ſuppoſe taſte themſelves theſe thofe THOMAS BURGESS thoſe tion uſe verbs whence whofe whoſe words writers
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Page 42 - They looking back, all th' eastern side beheld Of paradise, so late their happy seat, Wav'd over by that flaming brand, the gate With dreadful faces throng'd, and fiery arms : Some natural tears they dropt ; but wip'd them soon.
Page 40 - So many grateful altars I would rear Of grassy turf, and pile up every stone Of lustre from the brook, in memory Or monument to ages : and thereon Offer...
Page 51 - For a father afflicted with untimely mourning, when he hath made an image of his child soon taken away, now honoured him as a god, which was then a dead man, and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices.
Page 40 - Stood visible, among these pines his voice I heard, here with him at this fountain talk'd...
Page 43 - OF Man's firft difobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whofe mortal tafte Brought death into the world, and all our woe.
Page 125 - ... heroes ; the godlike list of philosophers and legislators ; the forms of virtuous and equal polities, where private welfare is made the same with public ; where crowds themselves prove disinterested and brave, and virtue is made a national and popular characteristic.
Page 10 - The lonians added to its original simplicity an elegance which has excited the universal admiration of posterity. The .Corinthians, a rich and luxurious people, not contented with former improvements, extended the art to the very verge of vicious refinement ; and thus (so connected in their origin are the arts, so similar in their progress and revolutions) the same genius produced those three characters of style in architecture which Dionysius of Halicarnassus, one of the most judicious critics of...
Page 120 - Possessed of thee, the meanest genius grows deserving, and has a just demand for a portion of our esteem. Devoid of thee, the brightest of our kind lie lost and useless, and are but poorly distinguished from the most despicable and base. When we inhabited...
Page 51 - REFLECTIONS on the natural foundation of the high antiquity of government, arts and sciences, in Egypt.
Page 42 - Some natural tears they dropt, but wip'd them foon; The world was all before them, where to choofe Their place of reft, and Providence their guide : They hand in hand, with wand'ring fteps and flow, Through Eden took their folitary way.