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... present a more disgusting mass of deformity ; but perhaps at Tomboctoo the fairest nymph of St. James's , who , while she treads the mazes of the dance , displays her light and slender form through transparent folds of muslin , might ...
... present a more disgusting mass of deformity ; but perhaps at Tomboctoo the fairest nymph of St. James's , who , while she treads the mazes of the dance , displays her light and slender form through transparent folds of muslin , might ...
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... sym- pathy to things beyond its reach , and made his negative axiom too general , will , perhaps , ap- pear in the following inquiry . At present I shall only remark , that the illustration , which he 16 PRINCIPLES OF TASTE :
... sym- pathy to things beyond its reach , and made his negative axiom too general , will , perhaps , ap- pear in the following inquiry . At present I shall only remark , that the illustration , which he 16 PRINCIPLES OF TASTE :
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... present inquiry : wherefore I shall examine it first ; and , after comparing it with those of its two kindred organs of smell and touch , in order to ascer- tain the principles of sensation in general , pro- ceed to the examination of ...
... present inquiry : wherefore I shall examine it first ; and , after comparing it with those of its two kindred organs of smell and touch , in order to ascer- tain the principles of sensation in general , pro- ceed to the examination of ...
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... present I shall merely ob- serve , in justice to his memory , that , in his latter days , he laughed very candidly and good- humouredly at many of the philosophical ab- surdities , which will be here exposed ; and I must add , in ...
... present I shall merely ob- serve , in justice to his memory , that , in his latter days , he laughed very candidly and good- humouredly at many of the philosophical ab- surdities , which will be here exposed ; and I must add , in ...
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... the great artist , when he made it . At present , I shall only add this further remark , by way of corollary , that if a man , perfectly * Idler , No. S. possessed both of feeling and sight - conversant with , 32 PRINCIPLES OF TASTE :
... the great artist , when he made it . At present , I shall only add this further remark , by way of corollary , that if a man , perfectly * Idler , No. S. possessed both of feeling and sight - conversant with , 32 PRINCIPLES OF TASTE :
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Page 357 - Above them all the archangel: but his face Deep scars of thunder had intrench'd; and care Sat on his faded cheek; but under brows .Of dauntless courage, and considerate pride Waiting revenge; cruel his eye, but cast Signs of remorse and passion, to behold The fellows of his crime, the followers rather (Far other once beheld in bliss,) condemn'd For ever now to have their lot in pain...
Page 396 - Commander : he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower : his form had yet not lost All her original brightness ; nor appear'd Less than Arch-Angel ruin'd, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 352 - Be innocent of the knowledge , dearest chuck , Till thou applaud the deed. — Come, seeling night, Scarf up the tender eye of pitiful day; And with thy bloody and invisible hand Cancel and tear to pieces that great bond Which keeps me pale!
Page 245 - THAT HE HAD A HEAD TO CONTRIVE, A TONGUE TO PERSUADE, AND A HAND TO EXECUTE ANY MISCHIEF.
Page 395 - Mighty victor, mighty lord, Low on his funeral couch he lies! No pitying heart, no eye, afford A tear to grace his obsequies.
Page 9 - I do not know whether I am singular in my opinion: but for my own part, I would rather look upon a tree in all its luxuriancy and diffusion of boughs and branches, than when it is thus cut and trimmed into a mathematical figure; and can not but fancy, that an orchard in flower looks infinitely more delightful than all the little labyrinths of the most finished parterre.
Page 397 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 395 - Give ample room, and verge enough The characters of hell to* trace. Mark the year, and mark the night, When Severn shall re-echo with affright The shrieks of death, thro...
Page 369 - When danger or pain press too nearly, they are incapable of giving any delight, and are simply terrible; but at certain distances, and with certain modifications, they may be, and they are delightful, as we every day experience.
Page 395 - Fair laughs the Morn, and soft the zephyr blows, While proudly riding o'er the azure realm In gallant trim the gilded vessel goes: Youth on the prow, and Pleasure at the helm: Regardless of the sweeping whirlwind's sway, That hush'd in grim repose expects his evening prey.