Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 6-10 de 23
Página 72
... exhibited to us a very large field of probability for concluding , that without the presence of this singular being called mind , and its volitions , no bo- dily motions would ever take place , either in the the little world of our ...
... exhibited to us a very large field of probability for concluding , that without the presence of this singular being called mind , and its volitions , no bo- dily motions would ever take place , either in the the little world of our ...
Página 88
... exhibited it in his poem , because he found it in the history ; as discord could hardly fail to be the issue of a confederacy , formed by rude , undisciplined , and inde- pendent pendent chieftains . May it not with equal probability be ...
... exhibited it in his poem , because he found it in the history ; as discord could hardly fail to be the issue of a confederacy , formed by rude , undisciplined , and inde- pendent pendent chieftains . May it not with equal probability be ...
Página 91
... exhibited as beings of a superior order , and objects at least of popular reverence , they ought to be clothed with some dignity of character , and appear to be exempt from the follies and passions , which originate the quarrels and ...
... exhibited as beings of a superior order , and objects at least of popular reverence , they ought to be clothed with some dignity of character , and appear to be exempt from the follies and passions , which originate the quarrels and ...
Página 100
... exhibiting no sub- lime or moral lesson , beneath human nature , and , having in itself no excellence or eleva- tion , can administer no aid , reflect no lustre on the poem , which adopts it . I shall examine this machinery of the an ...
... exhibiting no sub- lime or moral lesson , beneath human nature , and , having in itself no excellence or eleva- tion , can administer no aid , reflect no lustre on the poem , which adopts it . I shall examine this machinery of the an ...
Página 104
... exhibited by the poet , or historian , with the highest moral utility , and without detracting from the dignity of the work ; but not so where deity , and the only deity , whom whom we know and acknowledge , is pre sented to 104 OF THE ...
... exhibited by the poet , or historian , with the highest moral utility , and without detracting from the dignity of the work ; but not so where deity , and the only deity , whom whom we know and acknowledge , is pre sented to 104 OF THE ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
admitted Agamemnon allegorical ancient epic animal appear argument Aristotle atheism beautiful body Britons cause celestial machinery character Christian church of England civil common conduct constitution contemplated crime dæmon deities derived dignity Earth effect epic poem equal essay exhibited existence faith fashion favour genius gods grandeur Greece heart heathen hero Homer honour human mind human nature hypocrisy hypocrite idea Iliad imitative faculty impression impulse inference interest judgment Jupiter justice kind libertine ligion lord Monboddo means ment minister moral motion nation natural philosophy object observe pandæmonium passions Patroclus phænomena phænomenon philosopher piety present principle profligacy profligate properties Protestant Dissenters racter reason religion render repeal respect Richlieu Roman selfish sense senters soul species spirit sublime supposed talents taste test act Test Laws theory thing tion triumph truth tural ture vice Virgil virtue whole worldly