The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1753 - English essays |
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Page 91
... admired . I do not fee any thing new or particular in Tur- nus . Pallas and Evander are remote Copies of Hector and Priam , as Laufus and Mezentius are almoft Parallels to Pallas and Evander . The Characters of Nifus and Euryalus are ...
... admired . I do not fee any thing new or particular in Tur- nus . Pallas and Evander are remote Copies of Hector and Priam , as Laufus and Mezentius are almoft Parallels to Pallas and Evander . The Characters of Nifus and Euryalus are ...
Page 92
... admired Circumftances in that divine Work . We find in Mock - heroic Poems , particularly in the Dif penfary and the Lutrin , feveral Allegorical Perfons of this Nature , which are very beautiful in thofe Compofitions , and may ...
... admired Circumftances in that divine Work . We find in Mock - heroic Poems , particularly in the Dif penfary and the Lutrin , feveral Allegorical Perfons of this Nature , which are very beautiful in thofe Compofitions , and may ...
Page 115
... admired that he did not give more into it , than that he did fometimes comply with the vi- cious Taste which still prevails fo much among Modern Writers . BUT fince feveral Thoughts may be natural which are low and groveling , an Epic ...
... admired that he did not give more into it , than that he did fometimes comply with the vi- cious Taste which still prevails fo much among Modern Writers . BUT fince feveral Thoughts may be natural which are low and groveling , an Epic ...
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