The Director [ed. by T.F. Dibdin]., Volúmenes1-2Thomas Frognall Dibdin 1807 |
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... expression of a passion , compared to its visible presence ; the narration of an action , to the action itself ... expressing the characteristicks of matter and mind , the powers of soul , the per- fection of form , the brightest bloom ...
... expression of a passion , compared to its visible presence ; the narration of an action , to the action itself ... expressing the characteristicks of matter and mind , the powers of soul , the per- fection of form , the brightest bloom ...
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... expression , and to po- lish his native tongue . In the infancy of language , nothing is wanted but writers : at such a period , even the most artless have their use . ' Of Adam Davie it was liament Rolls and Rymer's Foedera , relating ...
... expression , and to po- lish his native tongue . In the infancy of language , nothing is wanted but writers : at such a period , even the most artless have their use . ' Of Adam Davie it was liament Rolls and Rymer's Foedera , relating ...
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... expression , will scarcely coin- cide with refined views of the progress of the active powers of the mind .-- The methods of art are slow in being attained ; no one man can bring them to perfec- tion ; labour and time , and the industry ...
... expression , will scarcely coin- cide with refined views of the progress of the active powers of the mind .-- The methods of art are slow in being attained ; no one man can bring them to perfec- tion ; labour and time , and the industry ...
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... expression of passion seem even amongst the lower orders to have been softened by grace , and exalted by dig- nity . An universal sympathy existed with regard to the sublime , the beautiful , and the decorous . There was one vivify- ing ...
... expression of passion seem even amongst the lower orders to have been softened by grace , and exalted by dig- nity . An universal sympathy existed with regard to the sublime , the beautiful , and the decorous . There was one vivify- ing ...
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Thomas Frognall Dibdin. of society ; and the expression of the human countenance is varied and im- passioned . The period of the great Ita- lian painters likewise was the period in which learning was reviving , in which the human mind ...
Thomas Frognall Dibdin. of society ; and the expression of the human countenance is varied and im- passioned . The period of the great Ita- lian painters likewise was the period in which learning was reviving , in which the human mind ...
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Página 21 - HALLELUJAH, for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth. The kingdom of this world is become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ ; and he shall reign for ever and ever.
Página 231 - Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once ; • And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy : How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are ? O, think on that ; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Página 94 - I HAVE observed, that a reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure, till he knows whether the writer of it be a black or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor, with other particulars of the like nature, that conduce very much to the right understanding of an author.
Página 83 - I said; Tie up the knocker, say I'm sick, I'm dead. The Dog-star rages! nay 'tis past a doubt, All Bedlam, or Parnassus, is let out: Fire in each eye, and papers in each hand, They rave, recite, and madden round the land.
Página 92 - How fluent nonsense trickles from his tongue! How sweet the periods, neither said, nor sung! Still break the benches, Henley! with thy strain, While Sherlock, Hare, and Gibson preach in vain.
Página 235 - With half-shut eyes, and pucker'd cheeks, and teeth Presented bare against the storm, plods on. One hand secures his hat, save when with both He brandishes his pliant length of whip, Resounding oft, and never heard in vain.
Página 209 - The lust of lucre, and the dread of death. In vain to deserts thy retreat is made, The Muse attends thee to thy silent shade ; 'Tis hers the brave man's latest steps to trace, Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. When Interest calls off all her sneaking train, And all th...
Página 231 - That skins the vice o' the top. Go to your bosom ; Knock there ; and ask your heart what it doth know That's like my brother's fault ; if it confess A natural guiltiness such as is his, Let it not sound a thought upon your tongue Against my brother's life.
Página 42 - All contrast, therefore, of one figure to another, or of the limbs of a single figure, or even in the folds of the drapery, must be sparingly employed. In short, whatever partakes of fancy or caprice, or goes under the denomination of Picturesque...
Página 220 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maidservant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.