 | James Boswell - 1786 - 552 sider
...represented. This also is frequently the practice of Homer, who from the midst of battles and horrors relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader by introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of familiar domestick life.' Johnson's Shakespeare. Northcote (Life of Reynolds, i. 144-151) quotes other notes... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1788 - 480 sider
...represented. — This also is frequently the practice of Homer, who, from the midst of battles and horrors, relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader, by...introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of familiar domestick life. Sir J. REYNOLDS. 401. Unto our gentle senses,] Senses are nothing more than each man's... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 442 sider
...represented. — This also is frequently the practice of Homer, who, from the midst of battles and horrors, relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader, by...introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of familiar domestick life. SIR J. REYNOLDS. 4 coigne of vantage,] Convenient corner. His pendent bed, and procreant... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1805 - 454 sider
...represented. — This also is frequently the practice of Homer, who, from the midst of battles and horrors, relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader, by...introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of familiar domestick life. SIR J. REYNOLDS. 1 coigne of vantage,] Convenient corner. His pendent bed, and procreant... | |
 | Sir Joshua Reynolds, Edmond Malone - 1809 - 476 sider
...thoughts, such as never could occur to men in the situation represented. This is also frequently t he .practice of Homer ; who, from the midst of battles...and Claudian, (as a learned critick has observed,) are examples of this bad taste and want of judgement ; they never soften their tones, or condescend... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 440 sider
...represented. — This also is frequently the practice of Homer, who from the midst of battles and horrors, relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader, by introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of domestic life. SIR J REYNOLDS. -.'• [ j] This bird is in the old edition called barltt. JOHNS. [61... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1811 - 544 sider
...represented. — This alsa is frequently the practice of Homer, who, from the midst of battles and horrors, relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader, by introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of far miliar domestick life. SIR J. REYNOLDS. 5 coigne of vantage,"] Convenient corner. His pendent bed,... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1810 - 434 sider
...air is delicate. The mer, wno irom tne uuusi ui oatues ana norrors, relieves ana reiresnes cnc mi nil of the reader, by introducing some quiet rural image> or picture of domestic lift. SIR J REYNOLDS. [5] This bird is in the old edition called barltt. JOHNS. j f61 A i... | |
 | 1813 - 662 sider
...represented. — This also is frequently the practice of Homer, who, from the midst of battles and horrors, relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader, by...rural image, or picture of familiar domestic life."' pp.82, 83. As a painter, we shafl not presume to speak of Sir Joshua's merits, farther than to say,... | |
 | Tobias Smollett - 1814 - 718 sider
...also is frequently the practice of Homer, who from the midst of battles and horrors, relieves anct refreshes the mind of the reader, by introducing some...rural image, or picture of familiar domestic life.' ' On this note, the following observation has been made in a fate edition by Mr. Malone, which, although... | |
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Homer; who, from the midst of battles and horrours, relieves and refreshes the mind of the reader, by introducing some quiet rural image, or picture of familiar domestic life. The writers of every age and country, where taste has begun to decline, paint... 
