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... must be productive of great utility , if taken in that view only , by which the progrefs of ART may be ascertained , and a comparison of the feveral periods and their different productions , be formed , conducive even to the ordinary ...
... must be productive of great utility , if taken in that view only , by which the progrefs of ART may be ascertained , and a comparison of the feveral periods and their different productions , be formed , conducive even to the ordinary ...
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... must have been more powerful in its effects , and there- fore an earlier incentive to an art by which that lofs might in fome measure be repaired , than the fenfations of love and re- gard for the living , whofe prefence they enjoyed ...
... must have been more powerful in its effects , and there- fore an earlier incentive to an art by which that lofs might in fome measure be repaired , than the fenfations of love and re- gard for the living , whofe prefence they enjoyed ...
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... must have been of late invention amongst the Egyptians , and , as it should seem , much posterior to the simpler operation of perpetuating the resemblance of features and of form in clay . From affec- tion and respect for parents and ...
... must have been of late invention amongst the Egyptians , and , as it should seem , much posterior to the simpler operation of perpetuating the resemblance of features and of form in clay . From affec- tion and respect for parents and ...
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... must be added Mr. BRY- ANT's celebrated Analysis of ancient Mytho- logy , a work full of extenfive learning , and ingenious fpeculation , and founded in great measure on Etymological principles , and the internal evidence of Language ...
... must be added Mr. BRY- ANT's celebrated Analysis of ancient Mytho- logy , a work full of extenfive learning , and ingenious fpeculation , and founded in great measure on Etymological principles , and the internal evidence of Language ...
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... must preceed the effect , and cannot be " deduced from it for the caufe was firft " known , and named . " If this were true , it would entirely deftroy a leading principle , of a quite contrary tendency , which the Au- τουνομα ...
... must preceed the effect , and cannot be " deduced from it for the caufe was firft " known , and named . " If this were true , it would entirely deftroy a leading principle , of a quite contrary tendency , which the Au- τουνομα ...
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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.