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Page 218
... epic more in form than in substance . The ends proposed by each are inftruc- tion and amusement ; and each of them co- py human actions as means to bring about thefe ends . They differ in the manner on- ly of copying . Epic poetry deals ...
... epic more in form than in substance . The ends proposed by each are inftruc- tion and amusement ; and each of them co- py human actions as means to bring about thefe ends . They differ in the manner on- ly of copying . Epic poetry deals ...
Page 219
... epic poem founded upon real facts , and perhaps include feveral of Esop's fables . Voltaire reckons verfe fo effential , as for that fingle reafon to exclude the ad- ventures of Telemachus . See his Efay upon Epic Poetry . Others ...
... epic poem founded upon real facts , and perhaps include feveral of Esop's fables . Voltaire reckons verfe fo effential , as for that fingle reafon to exclude the ad- ventures of Telemachus . See his Efay upon Epic Poetry . Others ...
Page 269
... epic poem , and night not lefs improper for tragedy ; admits however , that an epic poem may be spread through the whole fummer months , and a tragedy through the whole fun - fhine hours of the longest fummer - day . Du poeme epique , l ...
... epic poem , and night not lefs improper for tragedy ; admits however , that an epic poem may be spread through the whole fummer months , and a tragedy through the whole fun - fhine hours of the longest fummer - day . Du poeme epique , l ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word