The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 163
... confider the temper , the quality , the pre- vailing paffion of the perfon whofe character he is to draw : he himself muft affume as it were , the Manners : of that perfon , and then make him think and speak as , it is probable , fuch a ...
... confider the temper , the quality , the pre- vailing paffion of the perfon whofe character he is to draw : he himself muft affume as it were , the Manners : of that perfon , and then make him think and speak as , it is probable , fuch a ...
Page 232
... confider his excellencies , only serve to prove , what has been infisted on , and is abun- dantly known , that no human performance can be perfect ; and when we confider the blemishes already mentioned , we are the more amazed at the ...
... confider his excellencies , only serve to prove , what has been infisted on , and is abun- dantly known , that no human performance can be perfect ; and when we confider the blemishes already mentioned , we are the more amazed at the ...
Page 315
... confider the defects of the Eneid , we can- not help obferving , that the humanity of Eneas seems to be let down , by his feizing fo many youths to be facri- ficed to the manes of his friend Pallas , as that of Achilles undoubtedly was ...
... confider the defects of the Eneid , we can- not help obferving , that the humanity of Eneas seems to be let down , by his feizing fo many youths to be facri- ficed to the manes of his friend Pallas , as that of Achilles undoubtedly was ...
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