Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volume 15, Part 1Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig A. Bell and C. Macfarquhar, 1797 |
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... poets , both. ry of a very curious exotic , which has been delivered to Plants . us from good authority ; and confirmed by the obferva- tions of feveral European botanists . " Plants dies : but the experiments of Count Marfigli evinced ...
... poets , both. ry of a very curious exotic , which has been delivered to Plants . us from good authority ; and confirmed by the obferva- tions of feveral European botanists . " Plants dies : but the experiments of Count Marfigli evinced ...
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... poets , both of ancient and , which conftantly and uniformly exerts a felf - moving modern times . Ovid founds upon it a beautiful story ; power , uninfluenced either by chemical ftimuli , or by and Thomson describes it as an attachment ...
... poets , both of ancient and , which conftantly and uniformly exerts a felf - moving modern times . Ovid founds upon it a beautiful story ; power , uninfluenced either by chemical ftimuli , or by and Thomson describes it as an attachment ...
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... poets . There is a better reafon for fo doing than the elevation and grandeur of his ftyle : his matter is often times the offspring of imagination , instead of doctrines or truths deduced from nature . The first edition of Plato's ...
... poets . There is a better reafon for fo doing than the elevation and grandeur of his ftyle : his matter is often times the offspring of imagination , instead of doctrines or truths deduced from nature . The first edition of Plato's ...
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... poet had his bene- fit on the fecond day . As it was a general practice in the time of Shakespeare to fell the copy of the play to the theatre , I imagine in fuch cafes an author derived no other advantage from his piece than what arose ...
... poet had his bene- fit on the fecond day . As it was a general practice in the time of Shakespeare to fell the copy of the play to the theatre , I imagine in fuch cafes an author derived no other advantage from his piece than what arose ...
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... poetic heavens . It is nearly a complete mythology , founded upon ideas which are new and ingenious . The fecond is the hiftory of the opinions given by philofo- phers refpecting the formation of the world . The au- thor fhows the ...
... poetic heavens . It is nearly a complete mythology , founded upon ideas which are new and ingenious . The fecond is the hiftory of the opinions given by philofo- phers refpecting the formation of the world . The au- thor fhows the ...
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Page 231 - Yet shall he mount, and keep his distant way Beyond the limits of a vulgar fate ; Beneath the good how far — but far above the great ! ODE VI.
Page 224 - In flower of youth and beauty's pride : — Happy, happy, happy pair ! None but the brave None but the brave None but the brave deserves the fair...
Page 231 - This pencil take (she said) whose colours clear Richly paint the vernal year : Thine, too, these golden keys, immortal Boy ! This can unlock the gates of Joy ; Of Horror that, and thrilling Fears, Or ope the sacred source of sympathetic Tears.
Page 231 - On Thracia's hills the Lord of War Has curb'd the fury of his car, And dropp'd his thirsty lance at thy command. Perching on the sceptred hand Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king With ruffled plumes, and flagging wing : Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie The terror of his beak, and lightnings of his eye.
Page 192 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 221 - And Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand ; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances. And Miriam answered them, Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously : the horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.
Page 230 - Love framed with Mirth a gay fantastic round : Loose were her tresses seen, her zone unbound; And he, amidst his frolic play, As if he would the charming air repay, Shook thousand odours from his dewy wings.
Page 224 - On his imperial throne: His valiant peers were plac'd around; Their brows with roses and with myrtles bound : (So should desert in arms be crown'd.) The lovely Thais, by his side, Sate like a blooming Eastern bride In flow'r of youth and beauty's pride.
Page 172 - I care not, Fortune, what you me deny : You cannot rob me of free Nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face; You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve...
Page 230 - He threw his blood-stained sword in thunder down, And with a withering look The war-denouncing trumpet took, And blew a blast so loud and dread, Were ne'er prophetic sounds so full of woe.