The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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... Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a Reputation in the World , had they not been the Friends and Admirers of each other . Indeed all the great Writers of that Age , for whom fingly we have fo great an Esteem , ftand up ...
... Virgil nor Horace would have gained fo great a Reputation in the World , had they not been the Friends and Admirers of each other . Indeed all the great Writers of that Age , for whom fingly we have fo great an Esteem , ftand up ...
Page 114
... Virgil in this Particular falls fhort of Homer . He has not indeed fo many Thoughts that are Low and Vulgar ; but at the fame time has not fo many Thoughts that are fublime and noble . The Truth of it is , Virgil feldom rifes into very ...
... Virgil in this Particular falls fhort of Homer . He has not indeed fo many Thoughts that are Low and Vulgar ; but at the fame time has not fo many Thoughts that are fublime and noble . The Truth of it is , Virgil feldom rifes into very ...
Page 115
... Virgil's way of think- ing as to this Particular , in the Tranflation he has given us of the Æneid . I do not ... Virgil under this Head , and but a very few in Milton . • I fhall give but one Inftance of this Impropriety of Thought in ...
... Virgil's way of think- ing as to this Particular , in the Tranflation he has given us of the Æneid . I do not ... Virgil under this Head , and but a very few in Milton . • I fhall give but one Inftance of this Impropriety of Thought in ...
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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