Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum, Volumen2W. Bowyer and J. Nichols, 1776 |
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... perfectly to have difcredited this folly . And it . was presently feen and acknowledged even by the Rhapfodift himself , that , how divinely foever he might feel him- felf affected by the magnetic virtue of the mufe , yet , as he could ...
... perfectly to have difcredited this folly . And it . was presently feen and acknowledged even by the Rhapfodift himself , that , how divinely foever he might feel him- felf affected by the magnetic virtue of the mufe , yet , as he could ...
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... perfectly contented . The difcipline of correction , the curious polishing of art , which had given fuch a luftre to the Greek tragedians , they knew nothing of ; or , to speak their cafe more truly , they held difgraceful to the high ...
... perfectly contented . The difcipline of correction , the curious polishing of art , which had given fuch a luftre to the Greek tragedians , they knew nothing of ; or , to speak their cafe more truly , they held difgraceful to the high ...
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... perfectly fuited to their apprehenfions . But , of all the Latin comedians , Terence appears to have practised this fecret moft affiduously : at leaft , as may be concluded from what remains of them . Plautus hath very frequently Single ...
... perfectly fuited to their apprehenfions . But , of all the Latin comedians , Terence appears to have practised this fecret moft affiduously : at leaft , as may be concluded from what remains of them . Plautus hath very frequently Single ...
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... perfectly of the fame mind , as appears from his criticifm on that line in [ f ] B. ix . 641 . Ovid , Ovid , Confiliis , non curribus atere noftris . " EPISTLE TO AUGUSTUS . 73 à ceux, qui le blament, quand je leur ...
... perfectly of the fame mind , as appears from his criticifm on that line in [ f ] B. ix . 641 . Ovid , Ovid , Confiliis , non curribus atere noftris . " EPISTLE TO AUGUSTUS . 73 à ceux, qui le blament, quand je leur ...
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... perfectly inexcufable . But the inftance from Virgil , as we have seen it explained ( and for the first time ) by a great critic [ i ] , is fo curious , that I fhall be allowed to enlarge a little upon it : and the rather , as Virgil's ...
... perfectly inexcufable . But the inftance from Virgil , as we have seen it explained ( and for the first time ) by a great critic [ i ] , is fo curious , that I fhall be allowed to enlarge a little upon it : and the rather , as Virgil's ...
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Q. Horatii Flacci Epistolae Ad Pisones, Et Augustum: With an ..., Volumen2 Horace Vista completa - 1766 |
Términos y frases comunes
abfurdity action addrefs admiration adparent affections againſt alfo almoſt antients atque becauſe befides beft beſt cafe cenfure character cife circumftance comedy comic COMMENTARY compofition confideration confifts courſe critic criticiſm defign dicere diftinct drama effential epiftle eſpecially expreffion exprefs faid fame farce fatire fcene feems fenfe fentiment ferious ferve feveral fhew fhewn fhould firſt folemn fome fpeaking fpecies fpirit ftage ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe fure furniſhed genius Greek hath himſelf honour Horace humour idea inftance inftruct intereft itſelf juft juſt learned leaſt lefs Lucilius manners meaſure merit modern moft moſt muft muſt nature numbers obferved occafion Pacuvius paffion perfons Plautus pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poet's poetry pofe POLYGNOTUS praiſe prefent profe purpoſe quod racter reader reaſon reprefented repreſentation reſpect ridicule Roman ſcene ſenſe ſpeak ſuch tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tragedy underſtand uſe Virgil whofe words writers
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Página 155 - But Italy, reviving from the trance Of Vandal, Goth, and Monkish ignorance, With pauses, cadence, and well-vowell'd words, And all the graces a good ear affords, Made rhyme an art, and Dante's polish'd page Restored a silver, not a golden age.
Página 135 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind unto the nature of things.
Página 3 - ... notaque fatali portenta labore subegit, comperit invidiam supremo fine domari. urit enim fulgore suo, qui praegravat artis infra se positas: extinctus amabitur idem. 15 praesenti tibi maturos largimur honores iurandasque tuum per numen ponimus aras, nil oriturum alias, nil ortum tale fatentes.
Página 138 - ... them as throws the difcourfe out of the ordinary and common phrafe of converfation. Novelty and variety are certain fources of pleafure: a...
Página 188 - ... portraits of this vicious taste are the admiration of common starers, who, if they find a picture of a miser for instance (as there is no commoner subject of moral portraits) in a collection, where every muscle is strained, and feature hardened into the expression of this idea, never fail to profess their wonder and approbation of it. — On this idea of excellence, Le Brun's book of the PASSIONS...
Página 44 - ... for its novelty, preferable to the fublimer, but trite, themes of the Greek writers. Not but he intended, on fome future occafion, to adorn a nobler fubjeft.
Página 74 - ... be taken in a different sense when it is joined with one of the things, from what it has in conjunction with the other.
Página 245 - And lastly, his style in picturing characters, though masterly, was without that elegance of hand, which is required to correct and allay the force of so bold a colouring. Thus, the biass of his nature leading him to Plautus rather than Terence for his model, it is not to be wondered that his wit is too frequently caustic ; his raillery coarse ; and his humour excessive.
Página 6 - Scriptor abhinc annos centum qui decidit inter Perfectos veteresque referri debet, an inter Viles atque novos? Excludat jurgia finis. Est vetus atque probus centum qui perficit annos.
Página 82 - FATA Nepotum. This idea then of the sacred shield, the guard and glory of Rome, and on which, in this advanced situation, depended the fame and fortune of his country, the poet, with extreme elegance and sublimity, transfers to the shield which guarded their great progenitor, while he was laying the first foundations of the Roman Empire.