The Spectator, Volume 6Alexander Chalmers E. Sargeant, M. & W. Ward, Munroe, Francis & Parker, and Edward Cotton, Boston, 1810 - English essays |
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... fable of an epic poem should abound in circumstances that are both credible and astonishing ; or , as the French critics choose to phrase it , the fable should be filled with the probable and the marvellous . This rule is as fine and ...
... fable of an epic poem should abound in circumstances that are both credible and astonishing ; or , as the French critics choose to phrase it , the fable should be filled with the probable and the marvellous . This rule is as fine and ...
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... fable , the principal particulars , which were generally believed among the Romans , of Æneas's voyage and settlement in Italy . The reader may find an abridgment of the whole story , as collected out of the ancient histo- rians , and ...
... fable , the principal particulars , which were generally believed among the Romans , of Æneas's voyage and settlement in Italy . The reader may find an abridgment of the whole story , as collected out of the ancient histo- rians , and ...
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... fable of the Æneid in this light , and taken notice how the tradition on which it was founded authorizes those parts in it which appear most exceptionable . I hope the length of this re- flection will not make it unacceptable to the cu ...
... fable of the Æneid in this light , and taken notice how the tradition on which it was founded authorizes those parts in it which appear most exceptionable . I hope the length of this re- flection will not make it unacceptable to the cu ...
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acquaintance action Adam Adam and Eve Æneid agreeable angels appear APRIL 18 Aurengzebe bagnio beautiful behaviour behold cat-call character circumstances creature dæmon death described desire discourse dress DRYDEN earth endeavour entertainment epilogue eyes fable father fortune genius gentleman give grace hand happy head hear heaven Homer honour humble servant Iliad imagination kind lady learning letter live look mankind manner MARCH 17 Margaret Clark means Messiah Milton mind Mohocks nature never night obliged observed occasion opinion OVID paper Paradise Paradise Lost particular passage passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure poem poet present racters reader reason Satan sentiments sion Sir Roger soon speaking SPECTATOR speech spirit sublime take notice tells thee thing thou thought tion told town Turnus VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words yard land young