The Spectator, Volume 5Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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Page 132
... observed in Virgil under this head , and but a very few in Milton . I shall give but one instance of this impropriety of thought in Homer , and at the same time com pare it with an instance of the same nature , both in Virgil and Milton ...
... observed in Virgil under this head , and but a very few in Milton . I shall give but one instance of this impropriety of thought in Homer , and at the same time com pare it with an instance of the same nature , both in Virgil and Milton ...
Page 171
... observed , that the idiomatic style may be avoided , and the sublime formed , by the following methods . First , by ... observe , that the metaphors are not so thick sown in Milton , which always savours too much of wit : that they never ...
... observed , that the idiomatic style may be avoided , and the sublime formed , by the following methods . First , by ... observe , that the metaphors are not so thick sown in Milton , which always savours too much of wit : that they never ...
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... observed it appears , that digressions are by no means to be allowed of in an epic poem . If the poet , even in the ordina- ry course of his narration , should speak as little as possible , he should certainly never let his nar- ration ...
... observed it appears , that digressions are by no means to be allowed of in an epic poem . If the poet , even in the ordina- ry course of his narration , should speak as little as possible , he should certainly never let his nar- ration ...
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VOL V | 25 |
LETTER from a Coquette to a new mar | 254 |
Letters from an old Bachelorfrom Lovers | 260 |
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