The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 - English essays |
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Page 63
... Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Horace has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that ...
... Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Horace has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that ...
Page 64
... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the unity of his fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endea- vours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of ...
... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the unity of his fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endea- vours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of ...
Page 67
... Homer and Virgil have shewn their principal art in this particular ; the action of the Iliad , and that of the Æneid , were in themselves ex- ceeding short , but are so beautifully extended and diversified by the invention of episodes ...
... Homer and Virgil have shewn their principal art in this particular ; the action of the Iliad , and that of the Æneid , were in themselves ex- ceeding short , but are so beautifully extended and diversified by the invention of episodes ...
Page 90
... Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters . Every god that is admitted into his poem , acts a part which would have been suitahle to no other deity . His princes are as much ...
... Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters . Every god that is admitted into his poem , acts a part which would have been suitahle to no other deity . His princes are as much ...
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... Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a per- son who had lived thrice the age of man , and con- versed with Theseus ...
... Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a per- son who had lived thrice the age of man , and con- versed with Theseus ...
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Page 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 242 - Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...
Page 241 - Though without number still, amidst the hall Of that infernal court. But far within, And in their own dimensions like themselves, The great seraphic lords and cherubim In close recess and secret conclave sat, A thousand demigods on golden seats, Frequent and full.
Page 148 - Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 276 - Typhoean rage more fell Rend up both rocks and hills, and ride the air In whirlwind; hell scarce holds the wild uproar.
Page 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 279 - With horse and chariots rank'd in loose array; So wide they stood, and like a furnace mouth Cast forth redounding smoke and ruddy flame.
Page 169 - Seth: 4 and the days of Adam after he had begotten Seth were eight hundred years: and he begat sons and daughters: 5 and all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years: and he died.
Page 240 - Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded; the love-tale Infected Sion's daughters with like heat; Whose wanton passions in the sacred porch Ezekiel saw, when, by the vision led, His eye surveyed the dark idolatries Of alienated Judah.
Page 35 - True love has ten thousand griefs, impatiences, and resentments, that render a man unamiable in the eyes of the person whose affection he solicits ; besides that it sinks his figure, gives him fears, apprehensions, and poorness of spirit, and often makes him appear ridiculous where he has a mind to recommend himself. Those marriages generally abound most with love and constancy, that are preceded by a long courtship.