The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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Page 186
... whole circle of arts , and the whole compafs of nature ; all the inward paffions and affections of man- kind , to fupply his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things for his defcriptions ; but , wanting yet an ampler ...
... whole circle of arts , and the whole compafs of nature ; all the inward paffions and affections of man- kind , to fupply his characters ; and all the outward forms and images of things for his defcriptions ; but , wanting yet an ampler ...
Page 313
... whole of the story is carried on by the intervention of the gods . " These observations , which are very natural and just , fhew how difficult it is for moderns to equal the ancients in Epic Poetry ; for under the Chriftian difpenfation ...
... whole of the story is carried on by the intervention of the gods . " These observations , which are very natural and just , fhew how difficult it is for moderns to equal the ancients in Epic Poetry ; for under the Chriftian difpenfation ...
Page 334
... whole action is completed ; whereas the Iliad ends with the death of Hector , and the Æneid with that of Turnus , and in my humble opinion leaves the mind in a state of expectation , and confequently diffatisfied . There is another ...
... whole action is completed ; whereas the Iliad ends with the death of Hector , and the Æneid with that of Turnus , and in my humble opinion leaves the mind in a state of expectation , and confequently diffatisfied . There is another ...
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abfurd Achilles action Æneid againſt Agamemnon alfo allegory alſo beautiful becauſe breaſt characters death defcription defign Dido Eneas Epic Epic Poetry ev'ry exprefs eyes fable facred faid fame fate fatire feems feen fenfe fentiments fhades fhall fhew fhould fide fight fince fire firft flain fome fong foon forrow foul ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe gods Grecian Greece Guife heart heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad Jove juft juſt king laft lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature numbers o'er obferved occafion paffage paffions Patroclus perfons Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry pow'r prefent Priam prince profe purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reft reprefented rife Satan ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpeak ſpirit ſtate tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſe Virgil virtue whofe whoſe Xerxes