Date: 1725-6
"The similitude it self is very expressive; as the mastiff barks to guard her young, so labours the soul of Ulysses in defence of his Son and Wife, Penelope and Telemachus. "
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Date: 1725-6
"Son coeur rugissoit an dedans de luy, comme un Lion rugit autour d'une bergerie, où il ne sçauroit entrer."
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Date: 1725-6
"As o'er her young the mother-mastiff growls, / And bays the stranger groom: so wrath comprest / Recoiling, mutter'd thunder in his breast."
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Date: 1725-6
"Homer therefore evidently understood that the soul ought to govern and direct the passions, and that it is of a nature more divine than harmony."
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Date: 1725-6
"Thus anchor'd safe on reason's peaceful coast, / Tempests of wrath his soul no longer tost; / Restless his body rolls, to rage resign'd: / As one who long with pale-ey'd famine pin'd, / The sav'ry cates on glowing embers cast / Incessant turns, impatient for repast"
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Date: 1725-6
"The manner likewise of its introduction is not less judicious; the mind is apt to dwell upon those objects in sleep which make a deep impression when awake."
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Date: 1725-6
A story "comes with more weight at once, than if it had been made at several times, and consequently makes a deeper impression upon the memory and passion of the auditors"
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Date: 1725-6
"Each warlike Greek the moving music hears, / And iron-hearted Heroes melt in tears"
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Date: 1725-6
"Heav'n has not curst me with a heart of steel, / But giv'n the sense, to pity, and to feel."
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Date: 1725-6
"Deep in my soul the trust shall lodge secur'd, / With ribs of steel, and marble heart immur'd"
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