The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 91
... Fable was capable of receiving . The whole Species of Mankind was in two Perfons at the Time to which the Subject of his Poem is confined . We have , however , four diftin & t Characters in these two Perfons . We fee Man and Wo- man in ...
... Fable was capable of receiving . The whole Species of Mankind was in two Perfons at the Time to which the Subject of his Poem is confined . We have , however , four diftin & t Characters in these two Perfons . We fee Man and Wo- man in ...
Page 185
... Fable , which is the most perfect in Tragedy , is not fo proper for an Heroic Poem . MILTON feems to have been fenfible of this Im- perfection in his Fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by feveral Expedients ; particularly ...
... Fable , which is the most perfect in Tragedy , is not fo proper for an Heroic Poem . MILTON feems to have been fenfible of this Im- perfection in his Fable , and has therefore endeavoured to cure it by feveral Expedients ; particularly ...
Page 271
... Fable of an Epic Poem fhould abound in Circumftances that are both cre- dible and aftonishing ; or as the French Criticks choofe to phrase it , the Fable fhould be filled with the Probable and the Marvellous . This Rule is as fine and ...
... Fable of an Epic Poem fhould abound in Circumftances that are both cre- dible and aftonishing ; or as the French Criticks choofe to phrase it , the Fable fhould be filled with the Probable and the Marvellous . This Rule is as fine and ...
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Action Æneid Affembly againſt agreeable alſo anſwer Beauty becauſe befides Behaviour Cafe Character Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation Criticks defcribed Defign Defire Difcourfe diſcover Drefs Enville Fable faid fame feems feen feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon Fortune fpeak Friend ftill fuch fufficient give greateſt Happineſs herſelf himſelf Homer Honour Houfe Houſe humble Servant Iliad infert itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs look Love Mafter Mankind manner Marriage Meaſure Milton Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature Number obferved Occafion ourſelves Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife Loft particular Perfon Place pleafed pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe Reader Reaſon Reflexion reprefented Senfe Sentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts thouſand tion underſtand uſed Virgil Virtue whofe Woman World young