The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 113
... Poet endeavours to argue or explain , to magnify or di- minish , to raife Love or Hatred , Pity or Terror , or any other Paffion , we ought to confider whether the Senti- ments he makes ufe of are proper for thofe Ends . Homer is ...
... Poet endeavours to argue or explain , to magnify or di- minish , to raife Love or Hatred , Pity or Terror , or any other Paffion , we ought to confider whether the Senti- ments he makes ufe of are proper for thofe Ends . Homer is ...
Page 137
... Poet's Senfe . Of this Kind is that Paffage in Mil- ton , wherein he speaks of Satan ; -God and his Son except , Created thing nought valu'd he nor fhunn'd . And that in which he defcribes Adam and Eve . Adam the goodlieft Man of Men ...
... Poet's Senfe . Of this Kind is that Paffage in Mil- ton , wherein he speaks of Satan ; -God and his Son except , Created thing nought valu'd he nor fhunn'd . And that in which he defcribes Adam and Eve . Adam the goodlieft Man of Men ...
Page 140
Poet has naturalized to give his Verfe the greater Sound , and throw it out of Profe . THE third Method mentioned by Ariftotle is what agrees with the Genius of the Greek Language more than with that of any other Tongue , and is ...
Poet has naturalized to give his Verfe the greater Sound , and throw it out of Profe . THE third Method mentioned by Ariftotle is what agrees with the Genius of the Greek Language more than with that of any other Tongue , and is ...
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