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... poem is a story told by another : facts and inci- dents paffing upon the ftage , come under our own observation ; and are beide much enlivened by action and gefture , expreffive of many fentiments beyond the reach of language ...
... poem is a story told by another : facts and inci- dents paffing upon the ftage , come under our own observation ; and are beide much enlivened by action and gefture , expreffive of many fentiments beyond the reach of language ...
Page 235
... poem , the peculiar character of which is dignity and elevation . Modern manners make but a poor figure in fuch a poem * . After * I would not from this obfervation be thought to underva- lue modern manners . The roughness , plainnefs ...
... poem , the peculiar character of which is dignity and elevation . Modern manners make but a poor figure in fuch a poem * . After * I would not from this obfervation be thought to underva- lue modern manners . The roughness , plainnefs ...
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... 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 . 3 ...
... 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 . 3 ...
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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