Critical Observations on the Writings of the Most Celebrated Original Geniuses in PoetryA psychology of the creative process dealing with the operations of the human mind, with the effect of art on the reader or spectator, & with the means of achieving particular effects. |
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Page vii
... such ideas have " the most distant connections . " In both books Duff asserts that the delineation of supernatural characters represents the highest criterion of original genius , since those characters . which have no counterpart in ...
... such ideas have " the most distant connections . " In both books Duff asserts that the delineation of supernatural characters represents the highest criterion of original genius , since those characters . which have no counterpart in ...
Page x
... such Persons as have many of them no Exist- ence , but what he bestows on them . Such are Fairies , Witches , Magicians , Demons , and departed Spirits . This . . . is , indeed , more difficult than any other that depends on the Poet's ...
... such Persons as have many of them no Exist- ence , but what he bestows on them . Such are Fairies , Witches , Magicians , Demons , and departed Spirits . This . . . is , indeed , more difficult than any other that depends on the Poet's ...
Page 65
... such passages from his poems as might fupport his pretenfions to that character , the propriety of the first attempt will certainly be acknowledged , however the author may be thought to have failed in the execution of it , Though fome ...
... such passages from his poems as might fupport his pretenfions to that character , the propriety of the first attempt will certainly be acknowledged , however the author may be thought to have failed in the execution of it , Though fome ...
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Achilles adduce affecting againſt Alcinous allegorical appears Armida aſtoniſhing beautiful Cant canto characteriſtic characters circumſtances compofition dæmons death defirous deſcribed deſcription diſcovered diſplay diſtinguiſhed dreadful Duff Duff's Epic Poetry exhibited exiſtence fame fcene feems fenfibility fentiment fhall fhew fiction Fingal firſt fituation flain folemn fome fpecies fublime fuch fuperior furprizing ghoft ghoſts hath heaven hero higheſt himſelf Homer Iliad imagination incidents inftances invention itſelf juſt laft laſt leaſt likewiſe Lotophagi meaſure mind moft moſt muſt nature obferve occafion Offian original Genius original Poetic Genius paffage paffion pathetic perfons pictureſque pleaſe pleaſure poems Poet Poetry poffeffed preſent primitivist purpoſe racters raiſe reader remarkably repreſentation repreſented reſpect Rinaldo ſcene ſeems ſeveral Shakeſpeare ſhall ſhe ſhould ſome ſpecies ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtrength ſtriking ſubject ſuch supernatural ſuppoſe Tancred tenderneſs thee thefe theſe thofe thoſe thou tion utmoſt Voltaire whofe whoſe wildneſs δε τε