The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 113
... Poet endeavours to argue or explain , to magnify or di- minish , to raise Love or Hatred , Pity or Terror , or any other Paffion , we ought to confider whether the Senti- ments he makes ufe of are proper for thofe Ends . Homer is ...
... Poet endeavours to argue or explain , to magnify or di- minish , to raise Love or Hatred , Pity or Terror , or any other Paffion , we ought to confider whether the Senti- ments he makes ufe of are proper for thofe Ends . Homer is ...
Page 140
Poet has naturalized to give his Verse the greater Sound , and throw it out of Prole . THE third Method mentioned by Ariftotle is what agrees with the Genius of the Greek Language more than with that of any other Tongue , and is ...
Poet has naturalized to give his Verse the greater Sound , and throw it out of Prole . THE third Method mentioned by Ariftotle is what agrees with the Genius of the Greek Language more than with that of any other Tongue , and is ...
Page 302
... Poet whatfoever . These Passages are all worked off with fo much Art , that they are capable of pleafing the most delicate Reader , without offending the most levere . That Day Loft remember , when from Sleep , & c . A Poet of lefs ...
... Poet whatfoever . These Passages are all worked off with fo much Art , that they are capable of pleafing the most delicate Reader , without offending the most levere . That Day Loft remember , when from Sleep , & c . A Poet of lefs ...
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