The Alliance of Musick, Poetry and Oratory: Under the Head of Poetry is Considered the Alliance and Nature of the Epic and Dramatic Poem, as it Exists in the Iliad, Æneid, and Paradise Lost |
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... fuppofed to be the most perfect chord . It is a curious and pleafing experiment , that of ftriking a fingle note on the harpfi- chord in the bafs , or on the violincello , the ear held close to the inftrument per- ceives the undulation ...
... fuppofed to be the most perfect chord . It is a curious and pleafing experiment , that of ftriking a fingle note on the harpfi- chord in the bafs , or on the violincello , the ear held close to the inftrument per- ceives the undulation ...
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... fpife , ă - quaint , like în - fpire , re - flect , or long by position . Milton follows this rule fo closely , that he is fuppofed to make a in afpect , pro in procefs- 1 process - short , contrary even to pronunis ciation POETRY . 95.
... fpife , ă - quaint , like în - fpire , re - flect , or long by position . Milton follows this rule fo closely , that he is fuppofed to make a in afpect , pro in procefs- 1 process - short , contrary even to pronunis ciation POETRY . 95.
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... fuppofed to have lived about the time of David , fome fay , of Ahab king of Ifrael , and Jehofaphat king of Judah , was a traveller after eru- dition , and very inquifitive . His com- parison , Iliad III . of old age to grafshop- pers ...
... fuppofed to have lived about the time of David , fome fay , of Ahab king of Ifrael , and Jehofaphat king of Judah , was a traveller after eru- dition , and very inquifitive . His com- parison , Iliad III . of old age to grafshop- pers ...
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... fuppofed to affirm the fame , when he refers to the firft lines of the Odyffey , as a proper exordium . Quintilian doth not tell us , what he means by pauciffimis verfibus , how many lines the proem to the Iliad consists of ; which if ...
... fuppofed to affirm the fame , when he refers to the firft lines of the Odyffey , as a proper exordium . Quintilian doth not tell us , what he means by pauciffimis verfibus , how many lines the proem to the Iliad consists of ; which if ...
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... fuppofed to know the agents and matters of fact , and the only mystery to him is the spring , cause or motive of the action . An epic poem , though in fome fort hif- toric , yet in this it materially differs from history , that instead ...
... fuppofed to know the agents and matters of fact , and the only mystery to him is the spring , cause or motive of the action . An epic poem , though in fome fort hif- toric , yet in this it materially differs from history , that instead ...
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Page 335 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 259 - Awake : The morning shines, and the fresh field Calls us ; we lose the prime, to mark how spring Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.
Page 340 - God, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed: Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page 263 - With solemn touches troubled thoughts, and chase Anguish and doubt and fear and sorrow and pain From mortal or immortal minds.
Page 292 - Henceforth I learn that to obey is best, And love with fear the only God, to walk As in his presence, ever to observe His providence, and on him sole depend...
Page 124 - This was a stock of knowledge sufficient for a mind -so capable of appropriating and improving it. But the greater part of his excellence was the product of his own genius. He found the English stage in a state...
Page 167 - Astonied stood and blank, while horror chill Ran through his veins, and all his joints...
Page 87 - These times, though many a friend bewail, These times bewail not I. But when the world's loud praise is thine, And spleen no more shall blame: When with thy Homer thou shalt shine In one establish'd fame!
Page 105 - Much matter uttered she of weight, in place whereas she sat: And proved plain there was no beast, nor creature bearing life, Could well be known to live in love without discord and strife: Then kissed she her little babe and sware by God above, The falling out of faithful friends renewing is of love.
Page 168 - They that go down to the sea in ships: and occupy their business in great waters: These men see the works of the Lord: and his wonders in the deep. For at his word the stormy wind ariseth: which lifteth up the waves thereof.