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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... winds , shut up in a bag , which being loofed by the ignorance or impru dence of his companions , the winds rush forth and raise a most dreadful tempeft . Thefe extravagant fictions however , are instances of that exuberance , wildness ...
... winds , shut up in a bag , which being loofed by the ignorance or impru dence of his companions , the winds rush forth and raise a most dreadful tempeft . Thefe extravagant fictions however , are instances of that exuberance , wildness ...
Page 61
William Duff. Æolian coaft , and his receiving the adverse winds fhut up in a bag from the god of the winds , which being opened by the impru- dence of his companions while he was asleep rush out and occafion a moft dreadful tem- peft ...
William Duff. Æolian coaft , and his receiving the adverse winds fhut up in a bag from the god of the winds , which being opened by the impru- dence of his companions while he was asleep rush out and occafion a moft dreadful tem- peft ...
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... winds , in order to receive and fhroud the fair spirit in mist . " A found came from the desert , the rushing course of Conar in winds . He poured his deep mift on Fillan at blue winding Lubar . " The atti- tude and changing appearances ...
... winds , in order to receive and fhroud the fair spirit in mist . " A found came from the desert , the rushing course of Conar in winds . He poured his deep mift on Fillan at blue winding Lubar . " The atti- tude and changing appearances ...
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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