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Page 172
... thofe which have a Plot like the Farce , or Little Comedy , and where there is fpeaking and acting intermixed with fongs , and fometimes with recitative . Of these we have many fet to mufic by gentlemen of diftinguished tafte and judg ...
... thofe which have a Plot like the Farce , or Little Comedy , and where there is fpeaking and acting intermixed with fongs , and fometimes with recitative . Of these we have many fet to mufic by gentlemen of diftinguished tafte and judg ...
Page 209
... thofe of past times ) is in general to be admired ; as it is drawn from a knowlege of nature , and founded on the maxims of true policy . And the fpeech which he addreffes to Aga- memnon in confequence of the uneafinefs and feeming ...
... thofe of past times ) is in general to be admired ; as it is drawn from a knowlege of nature , and founded on the maxims of true policy . And the fpeech which he addreffes to Aga- memnon in confequence of the uneafinefs and feeming ...
Page 226
... thofe critics , who laid down rules for Epic poetry many centuries after the Iliad was written , and had the prefumption and injuftice to try Homer , by thofe laws which were not in being at the the time when he liv'd , We have taken ...
... thofe critics , who laid down rules for Epic poetry many centuries after the Iliad was written , and had the prefumption and injuftice to try Homer , by thofe laws which were not in being at the the time when he liv'd , We have taken ...
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abfurd Achilles action Æneid Agamemnon alfo allegory beautiful becauſe breaft characters death defcription defign Demaratus Dido Eneas Epic Epic Poetry ev'ry exprefs eyes fable facred fafe faid fame fate fatire feems feen fenfe fentiments fhade fhall fhew fhore fhould fide fight fince fing fire firft flain fome fong foon forrow foul ftands ftate ftill ftrength fubject fublime fuch fuppofe gods Grecian Greece Guife heart heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad inftruction juft king laft lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature numbers o'er obferved occafion paffage paffions pafs Patroclus perfons Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry pow'r prefent Priam prince profe purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon refpect reft reprefented rife Satan ſhall ſpeak tears thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſe verfe Virgil virtue whofe Xerxes