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 82
... appears in the light of a distinguished warriour , generous as well as brave , and poffeffed of exquifite fenfibility , but of an aged venerable bard , subjected to the most melancholy viciffitudes of fortune , weak , and blind ; the ...
... appears in the light of a distinguished warriour , generous as well as brave , and poffeffed of exquifite fenfibility , but of an aged venerable bard , subjected to the most melancholy viciffitudes of fortune , weak , and blind ; the ...
Page 342
... appears either originally to have poffeffed this paffion in a very moderate degree , or to have attained the entire mastery of it by the force of difcipline . Which ever of these was the cafe we cannot pretend to determine ; but he ...
... appears either originally to have poffeffed this paffion in a very moderate degree , or to have attained the entire mastery of it by the force of difcipline . Which ever of these was the cafe we cannot pretend to determine ; but he ...
Page 348
... but not painful fenfation of the manifold miferies to which humanity is subjected , and succeeding the former more violent agitation of pity . Such appears " appears to be the nature and cause of that 1ublime [ 348 ]
... but not painful fenfation of the manifold miferies to which humanity is subjected , and succeeding the former more violent agitation of pity . Such appears " appears to be the nature and cause of that 1ublime [ 348 ]
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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