An inquiry into the nature and extent of poetick licence, by N.A. Vigors, jun. esq1810 |
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... position . For , on account of the extended knowledge of his subject , every alteration of its important incidents must be a violation of received truths ; and hence it will unavoidably happen , that the expedient by which this al ...
... position . For , on account of the extended knowledge of his subject , every alteration of its important incidents must be a violation of received truths ; and hence it will unavoidably happen , that the expedient by which this al ...
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... position . From the necessity incumbent on the poet of preserving such a character , we may fairly deduce , that he is confined to the observation , if not of truth , at least of veri- similitude ; a quality which criticism " has in all ...
... position . From the necessity incumbent on the poet of preserving such a character , we may fairly deduce , that he is confined to the observation , if not of truth , at least of veri- similitude ; a quality which criticism " has in all ...
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... position , the poet may claim every indul- gence in omitting them at pleasure . This is a licence which , with due limitations , is per- mitted to the historian ; for he may select in his details , from the mass of occurrences in ...
... position , the poet may claim every indul- gence in omitting them at pleasure . This is a licence which , with due limitations , is per- mitted to the historian ; for he may select in his details , from the mass of occurrences in ...
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... positions can of course derive little improve- ment from a forced alliance with that science which possessing no varieties of change , is confined to the straight line of real occur- rence . Over facts which have once occurred we have ...
... positions can of course derive little improve- ment from a forced alliance with that science which possessing no varieties of change , is confined to the straight line of real occur- rence . Over facts which have once occurred we have ...
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... position . For on balancing between what is fictitious , and what is historical in this de- partment of the art , and inclining successively to either extreme , the object of research ap- pears to branch out into the following diver ...
... position . For on balancing between what is fictitious , and what is historical in this de- partment of the art , and inclining successively to either extreme , the object of research ap- pears to branch out into the following diver ...
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Page 284 - Be lion-mettled, proud and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.
Page 267 - Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of? The. More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.
Page 292 - We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss. Not cast aside so soon.
Page 290 - Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
Page 288 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good : If ill, why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Page 202 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan ; and the land was defiled with blood.
Page 296 - With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed: Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life , which must not yield To one of woman born.
Page 290 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 228 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 296 - That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.