Critical worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, strand., 1811 |
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... less account in this way of composition , than the liveliness of it , poetry , as such , will delight in tropes and figures , and those the most strongly and forceably expressed . And though the application of figures will admit of ...
... less account in this way of composition , than the liveliness of it , poetry , as such , will delight in tropes and figures , and those the most strongly and forceably expressed . And though the application of figures will admit of ...
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... less at this conclusion , if he reflect on the origin and first application of poetry among all nations . to us . It is every where of the most early growth , preceding every other sort of composition ; and being destined for the ear ...
... less at this conclusion , if he reflect on the origin and first application of poetry among all nations . to us . It is every where of the most early growth , preceding every other sort of composition ; and being destined for the ear ...
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... less defects ) they can , at most , be considered but as hasty , imperfect , and abortive poems ; whether spawned from the dramatic , or nar- rative species , it may be hard to say — Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call ...
... less defects ) they can , at most , be considered but as hasty , imperfect , and abortive poems ; whether spawned from the dramatic , or nar- rative species , it may be hard to say — Unfinish'd things , one knows not what to call ...
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... avoided by good writers ; while in others , as in all the modern ones , where these consonances are less ' frequent , and where the quantity of syllables is not so distinctly marked as , of itself , UNIVERSAL POETRY . 21.
... avoided by good writers ; while in others , as in all the modern ones , where these consonances are less ' frequent , and where the quantity of syllables is not so distinctly marked as , of itself , UNIVERSAL POETRY . 21.
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... less perfectly attained . d Aristotle was of the same mind , as appears from his definition of comedy , which , says he , is MIMHEIE QAY- AOTEPON ; [ x . . ] that is , the imitation of characters , whatever be the distinct meaning of ...
... less perfectly attained . d Aristotle was of the same mind , as appears from his definition of comedy , which , says he , is MIMHEIE QAY- AOTEPON ; [ x . . ] that is , the imitation of characters , whatever be the distinct meaning of ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
action admiration Aelian Aeneis affections allusion ancient appear Aristotle beauty cerned character chuses circumstances comedy comic common conclusion copied critic degree delight disposition doth drama end of poetry entertainment epic Essay Euripides expression fable fancy FARCE genius ginal give GONDIBERT Greece Greek hath Homer human humour idea imagery imagination imita instance invention Italian Jonson kind language Latin learned least Ludlow Castle manners MARKS OF IMITATION mean Milton mind modern moral nature nihil numbers object observation occasion original paganism particular passion peculiar perhaps periphrasis persons picture plagiarism Plato Plautus pleasure poem poet poet's poetic Pope proper province racter reader reason reflexions religion repre representation resemblance rhyme ridicule rience scene sense sentiment Shakespear shew similar sion sort speak species Statius taken taste Theophrastus things thought tion tragedy true truth turn verse Virgil VOLPONE WILLIAM JEPHSON words καὶ
Passagens conhecidas
Página 256 - Begin to cast a beam on the outward shape, 460 The unpolluted temple of the mind, And turns it by degrees to the soul's essence, Till all be made immortal ; but when lust By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk, But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being.
Página 255 - His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations ; he shall flourish, And, like a mountain cedar, reach his branches To all the plains about him ; our children's children Shall see this and bless heaven.
Página 256 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become • A kneaded clod...
Página 133 - Tout est dit : et l'on vient trop tard depuis plus de sept mille ans qu'il ya des hommes, et qui pensent.
Página 256 - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Página 286 - Between the acting of a dreadful thing And the first motion, all the interim is Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream : The genius, and the mortal instruments, Are then in council; and the state of man, Like to a little kingdom, suffers then The nature of an insurrection.
Página 256 - When first on this delightful land he spreads His orient beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower, Glistering with dew; fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening
Página 256 - Sirens' harmony, That sit upon the nine infolded spheres, And sing to those that hold the vital shears, And turn the adamantine spindle round On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Página 278 - Lets in new light through chinks that Time has made: Stronger by weakness, wiser men become As they draw near to their eternal home. Leaving the old, both worlds at once they view That stand upon the threshold of the new.
Página 256 - Superior beings, when of late they saw A mortal man unfold all nature's law, Admir'd such wisdom in an earthly shape, And shew'da Newton as we shew an ape.