Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays And Verses
Illustrations of Sterne: With Other Essays And Verses
Ferriar, John, 1761-1815
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A^len^h the a^ra of ele^nt simplicity ai^riyei^ when o^r writeis and artists becansHir eonvioced^ that th^ ea&iest me* thod of excelting, consisted in a clos^ imitattQn of the models of antiqAiity, We haw seen good taste carried nearly to its poiot of perfection ; and ate great €^x«rl9^on6 seeai!^ to. exhaust the moral, as well as the physical world, we have perfoipd wknessaj the first symrpdoms'of iis dtecay. Rob6rtson was siiiiple arid correct; Hume was more lofty> uniform,^ H 2 Digitized by ...Google 1C8 MENIPPEAN ESSAY OK and approiached the point of Attic ele- gance. But other authors have thought it necessary, to cover their marble with gold and azure ; in their avidity of beau- ties, they have amassed the most incon-* gruous figures, and have blended them in one glare of barbarous magnificence** An excess of polish and refinement, among other inconveniences, tempts the historian to suppress or vary the strong, original expressions, which trying occa* sions extort from men of genius.
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