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... epic poem : but in such a poem , if it pretend to copy human manners and actions , no improbable incident ought to be admitted ; that is , no incident contrary to the order and course of nature . A chain of imagined incidents linked ...
... epic poem : but in such a poem , if it pretend to copy human manners and actions , no improbable incident ought to be admitted ; that is , no incident contrary to the order and course of nature . A chain of imagined incidents linked ...
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... epic poem , and I now find my taste justified by reason ; the foregoing argument concluding still more strongly ... poem , such as the Lutrin or the Dispensary , may employ machinery with success ; for these poems , though they assume ...
... epic poem , and I now find my taste justified by reason ; the foregoing argument concluding still more strongly ... poem , such as the Lutrin or the Dispensary , may employ machinery with success ; for these poems , though they assume ...
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... epic poem we pardon many negligences that would not be permitted in a sonnet or epigram . Notwithstanding such ... poets : He doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colosus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs . Julius Cæsar , Act ...
... epic poem we pardon many negligences that would not be permitted in a sonnet or epigram . Notwithstanding such ... poets : He doth bestride the narrow world Like a Colosus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs . Julius Cæsar , Act ...
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... epic poem is tiresome and fatiguing . There is no relief from horrid languor but the beautiful Greek language and ... poetry . - KK fect of a spirited narration . Example from Fingal : from the Iliad . 225. Violation of the rule above ...
... epic poem is tiresome and fatiguing . There is no relief from horrid languor but the beautiful Greek language and ... poetry . - KK fect of a spirited narration . Example from Fingal : from the Iliad . 225. Violation of the rule above ...
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... epic poem . In its more familiar tones a ludicrous scene many be introduced without impropriety . This is done by Virgil in a foot - race ( Æn . lib . v . ) ; the circumstances of which , not excepting the ludicrous part , are copied ...
... epic poem . In its more familiar tones a ludicrous scene many be introduced without impropriety . This is done by Virgil in a foot - race ( Æn . lib . v . ) ; the circumstances of which , not excepting the ludicrous part , are copied ...
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action Æneid agreeable appear beauty blank verse burlesque Cæsar chapter circumstance colors connected degree disagreeable distinguished distress effect elevation emotion raised epic poem epic poetry example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure figure of speech final cause force garden give grandeur habit hath Hence Henry IV Hexameter Hudibras human ideas Iliad imagination impression instances Julius Cæsar kind language less Lord Kames manner means melody metaphor mind motion nature never novelty objects of sight observation occasion opposite ornaments Othello pain Paradise Lost passion pause peculiar perceive perceptions person pleasant emotion pleasure poem produceth propensity proper proportion qualities reason regularity relation relish remarkable resemblance respect rhyme Richard II ridicule risible rule sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare simile sound spectator sublime syllables taste termed thee things thou thought tion tone uniformity variety verse words writers