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Page 670
... fuch images Refounded , and had earth been then , all earth. VIRG . EN . VI . V. 172 . are now entering upon the In fhort , the poet never mentions any which the poet describes the battle of angels ; having raised his reader's ex ...
... fuch images Refounded , and had earth been then , all earth. VIRG . EN . VI . V. 172 . are now entering upon the In fhort , the poet never mentions any which the poet describes the battle of angels ; having raised his reader's ex ...
Page 671
... fuch a de- fcription , by the reading of the ancient poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold thought in our author , to afcribe the first use of ar- tillery to the rebel - angels . But as fuch a pernicious ...
... fuch a de- fcription , by the reading of the ancient poets , and of Homer in particular . It was certainly a very bold thought in our author , to afcribe the first use of ar- tillery to the rebel - angels . But as fuch a pernicious ...
Page 672
... fuch an allegorical weapon , is very conformable to the old eaftern way of thinking . Not only Ho- mer has made ufe of it , but we find the Jewish hero in the book of Maccabces , who had fought the battles of the chofen people with fo ...
... fuch an allegorical weapon , is very conformable to the old eaftern way of thinking . Not only Ho- mer has made ufe of it , but we find the Jewish hero in the book of Maccabces , who had fought the battles of the chofen people with fo ...
Page 673
... fuch a contraft of ideas , have a more lively taste of the nobler parts of his de- fcription L CICERO DE GESTU . Τ IT is very natural to take for our whole lives a light impreffion of a thing , which at first fell into contempt with us ...
... fuch a contraft of ideas , have a more lively taste of the nobler parts of his de- fcription L CICERO DE GESTU . Τ IT is very natural to take for our whole lives a light impreffion of a thing , which at first fell into contempt with us ...
Page 679
... fuch day - goblins to make fewer visits , or to be lefs troublefome when they come to one's fhop ; and to convince ... fuch men as have been famous in their generation , it fhould not be thought enough to make them barely underitand fo ...
... fuch day - goblins to make fewer visits , or to be lefs troublefome when they come to one's fhop ; and to convince ... fuch men as have been famous in their generation , it fhould not be thought enough to make them barely underitand fo ...
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Page 722 - For swift descent ; with him the cohort bright Of watchful Cherubim ; four faces each Had, like a double Janus ; all their shape Spangled with eyes more numerous than those...
Page 823 - But this is certain, that a noble writer should be born with this faculty in its full strength and vigour, so as to be able to receive lively ideas from outward objects, to retain them long, and to range them together, upon occasion, in such figures and representations, as are most likely to hit the fancy of the reader.
Page 1096 - ... figure in it, that as I looked upon him I could not forbear laughing at myself, insomuch that I put my own face out of countenance. The poor gentleman was so sensible of the ridicule, that I found he was ashamed of what he had done ; on the other side, I found that I myself had no great reason to triumph, for as I went to touch my forehead, I missed the place, and clapped...
Page 811 - Our general taste in England is for epigram, turns of wit, and forced conceits, which have no manner of influence either for the bettering or enlarging the mind of him who reads them, and have been carefully avoided by the greatest writers, both among the ancients and moderns.
Page 1096 - ... to them. One of these looked like a man walking upon stilts, and was so lifted up into the air, above his ordinary height, that his head turned round with it ; while the other made...
Page 793 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 754 - Shall finish what his short-lived sire begun : Their vines a shadow to their race shall yield, And the same hand that sow'd shall reap the field. The swain in barren deserts with surprise Sees lilies spring, and sudden verdure rise ; And starts, amidst the thirsty wilds to hear New falls of water murmuring in his ear. On rifted rocks, the dragon's late abodes, The green reed trembles, and the bulrush nods. Waste sandy valleys once perplex'd with thorn, The spiry fir and shapely box adorn : To leafless...
Page 929 - I asked a gentleman the other day, that is famous for a good carver, (at which acquisition he is out of countenance, imagining it may detract from some of his more essential qualifications,) to help me to something that was near him; but he excused himself, and blushing told me, "Of all things he could never carve in his life;" though it can be proved upon him that he cuts up, disjoints, and uncases with incomparable dexterity.
Page 982 - River being crofled, we were received upon the further Bank by our Friends and Acquaintance, whom Comfort had brought out to congratulate our Appearance in the World again. Some of...
Page 877 - In short, heaven is not to be looked upon only as the reward, but as the natural effect of a religious life.