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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... last that fees me here , ) Demands a parting word , a tender tear : This day , fome god who hates our Trojan land , May vanquish Hector by a Græcian hand . 1. 456 . He then goes in fearch of his beloved prin- cess , and having at last ...
... last that fees me here , ) Demands a parting word , a tender tear : This day , fome god who hates our Trojan land , May vanquish Hector by a Græcian hand . 1. 456 . He then goes in fearch of his beloved prin- cess , and having at last ...
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... last species of invention , in which we shewed that original Poetic Genius would excell , was that of fentiment ; and we ob- served that the compofitions of every great original Genius in poetry would be particu- larly distinguished by ...
... last species of invention , in which we shewed that original Poetic Genius would excell , was that of fentiment ; and we ob- served that the compofitions of every great original Genius in poetry would be particu- larly distinguished by ...
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... last mournful song in the following strain of pathetic fentiment , eminently charac- terized at the fame time by that sublime and penfive melancholy which fo remarkably predominates in all the poems of this divine bard . " Did thy beauty ...
... last mournful song in the following strain of pathetic fentiment , eminently charac- terized at the fame time by that sublime and penfive melancholy which fo remarkably predominates in all the poems of this divine bard . " Did thy beauty ...
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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