Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Volum 17Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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Pàgina 6
... thing the heathen poets have produced of the kind , and is by all good judges considered as a master - piece of ancient eloquence . The thoughts are noble and sub- lime : the style is magnificent and expressive : the figures are bold ...
... thing the heathen poets have produced of the kind , and is by all good judges considered as a master - piece of ancient eloquence . The thoughts are noble and sub- lime : the style is magnificent and expressive : the figures are bold ...
Pàgina 32
... thing is to be understood in a mystical manner , where the sense is plain and evident without any such application . Nor is the attempt that Tasso made to turn his Jeru- salem into a mystery , any particular recommendation of the work ...
... thing is to be understood in a mystical manner , where the sense is plain and evident without any such application . Nor is the attempt that Tasso made to turn his Jeru- salem into a mystery , any particular recommendation of the work ...
Pàgina 37
... thing of the kind in the English language . Philips ? whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty pow'r and hapless love , Rest here , distrest by poverty no more ; Find here that calm thou gav'st so oft before ; Sleep ...
... thing of the kind in the English language . Philips ? whose touch harmonious could remove The pangs of guilty pow'r and hapless love , Rest here , distrest by poverty no more ; Find here that calm thou gav'st so oft before ; Sleep ...
Pàgina 39
... things are of importance . 1st , The number of syllables that compose a line . 2d , the different lengths of ... thing humble , low , or dejected , is naturally , in prose as well as in verse , pronounced in a tone below the key ...
... things are of importance . 1st , The number of syllables that compose a line . 2d , the different lengths of ... thing humble , low , or dejected , is naturally , in prose as well as in verse , pronounced in a tone below the key ...
Pàgina 47
... thing to be considered in the art of versifying , which is known by the name of pauses . 66 " Of the poetic pauses there are two sorts , the ce- sural and the final . The cesural divides the verse into equal or unequal parts ; the final ...
... thing to be considered in the art of versifying , which is known by the name of pauses . 66 " Of the poetic pauses there are two sorts , the ce- sural and the final . The cesural divides the verse into equal or unequal parts ; the final ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 283 - GOD from all eternity did, by the most wise and holy counsel of his own will, freely and unchangeably ordain whatsoever comes to pass : yet so, as thereby neither is God the author of sin, nor is violence offered to the will of the creatures, nor is the liberty or contingency of second causes taken away, but rather established.
Pàgina 15 - Changed his hand and check'd his pride. He chose a mournful Muse, soft pity to infuse: He sung Darius great and good, by too severe a fate Fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen...
Pàgina 308 - And now, behold, I know that ye all, among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God, shall see my face no more.
Pàgina 34 - Profuse of bliss, and pregnant with delight ! Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling plenty leads thy wanton train ; Eas*d of her load subjection grows more light. And poverty looks cheerful in thy sight ; Thou mak'st the gloomy face of nature gay, Giv'st beauty to the sun, and pleasure to the day.
Pàgina 21 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Pàgina 16 - At last divine Cecilia came, Inventress of the vocal frame; The sweet enthusiast, from her sacred store, Enlarged the former narrow bounds, And added length to solemn sounds, With nature's mother-wit, and arts unknown before.
Pàgina 21 - Pour'd through the mellow horn her pensive soul : And dashing soft from rocks around Bubbling runnels join'd the sound ; Through glades and glooms the mingled measure stole, Or, o'er some haunted stream, with fond delay, Round an holy calm diffusing, Love of peace, and lonely musing, In hollow murmurs died away.
Pàgina 287 - Isaac; (for the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth): it was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
Pàgina 284 - As God hath appointed the elect unto glory, so hath he, by the eternal and most free purpose of his will, foreordained all the means thereunto. Wherefore they who are elected, being fallen in Adam, are redeemed by Christ ; are effectually called unto faith in Christ, by his Spirit working in due season ; are justified, adopted, sanctified, and kept by his power through faith unto salvation. Neither are any other redeemed by Christ, effectually called, justified, adopted, sanctified, and saved, but...
Pàgina 22 - Slow melting strains their Queen's approach declare : Where'er she turns, the Graces homage pay. With arms sublime, that float upon the air, In gliding state she wins her easy way: O'er her warm cheek and rising bosom move The bloom of young Desire and purple light of Love.