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... represents the Meffiah treading the wine - prefs in his anger , and which an impartial judge , not blinded by the charms of antiquity , will think equal to many descriptions in Virgil , in point of elegance and energy : - Ille patris ...
... represents the Meffiah treading the wine - prefs in his anger , and which an impartial judge , not blinded by the charms of antiquity , will think equal to many descriptions in Virgil , in point of elegance and energy : - Ille patris ...
Page 37
... represents ; And fullen Moloch fled Hath left in fhadows dread , His burning idol all of blackeft hue ; In vain with cimbals ring They call the griefly king , In difmal dance about the furnace blue t . On the morning of Chrift's ...
... represents ; And fullen Moloch fled Hath left in fhadows dread , His burning idol all of blackeft hue ; In vain with cimbals ring They call the griefly king , In difmal dance about the furnace blue t . On the morning of Chrift's ...
Page 85
... represented Saint An- drew on his knees before the crofs ; that of Domenichino reprefented the flagellation of the fame apoftle . Both of them in their different kinds were capital pieces , and were painted in frefco , oppofite each ...
... represented Saint An- drew on his knees before the crofs ; that of Domenichino reprefented the flagellation of the fame apoftle . Both of them in their different kinds were capital pieces , and were painted in frefco , oppofite each ...
Page 122
... representing the hiftory of the Turriani of Lombardy . Both the composition and the expreffion are ex- tremely indifferent ; and certain nicer virtuosi have remarked , that in the serious pieces of Titian himself , even in one of his ...
... representing the hiftory of the Turriani of Lombardy . Both the composition and the expreffion are ex- tremely indifferent ; and certain nicer virtuosi have remarked , that in the serious pieces of Titian himself , even in one of his ...
Page 134
... represented . " Sur la fin de fes jours Mendozza devint furieux , comme font d'ordinaire les Espagnols * . " 10. Still with itself compar'd , his text perufe , And let your comment be the Mantuan Mufe t . feem impof- ALTHOUGH perhaps it ...
... represented . " Sur la fin de fes jours Mendozza devint furieux , comme font d'ordinaire les Espagnols * . " 10. Still with itself compar'd , his text perufe , And let your comment be the Mantuan Mufe t . feem impof- ALTHOUGH perhaps it ...
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Abelard Addiſon addreffed alfo alſo ancient beautiful becauſe beſt Boileau Cant character circumftance cloſe compofition Corneille defcribed defign deſcription Domenichino Dryden Eclogue Effay elegance Eloifa epic poetry epiftle Euripides excellent expreffed expreffion exquifite faid fame fatire fays fecond feems fentiments fhall firft firſt folemn fome fpecies fpirit ftanza ftrokes fubject fublime fuch fufficient fylphs genius greateſt hiftory himſelf Homer Iliad images imagination inferted inftance itſelf Jane Shore juſt laft Loft Milton moft moſt mufic muſt numbers o'er obfervations occafion Ovid paffage paffion painted pathetic perfon Petrarch pieces Pindar pleaſed pleaſure poefy poem poet poetical poetry POPE praiſes prefent profe publiſhed quæ Quintilian Racine racter raiſed reafon refpect repreſent ſay ſcene ſeems ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome Sophocles ſpeak ſpecies ſtory ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe tion tragedy tranflated uſed verfe verſes Virgil Voltaire whofe whoſe writing