The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 186
... Spirit of Spenfer and Ariofto , than of Homer and Virgil . IN the Structure of his Poem he has likewise admit- ted too many Digreffions . It is finally obferved by Ari- ftotle , that the Author of an Heroick Poem fhould fel- dom fpeak ...
... Spirit of Spenfer and Ariofto , than of Homer and Virgil . IN the Structure of his Poem he has likewise admit- ted too many Digreffions . It is finally obferved by Ari- ftotle , that the Author of an Heroick Poem fhould fel- dom fpeak ...
Page 213
... Spirit utters in other places of the Poem , the Author has taken care to introduce none that is not big with ... Spirits whom he had involved in the fame Guilt and Ruin with himself . He now prepared To Speak ; whereat their doubled ...
... Spirit utters in other places of the Poem , the Author has taken care to introduce none that is not big with ... Spirits whom he had involved in the fame Guilt and Ruin with himself . He now prepared To Speak ; whereat their doubled ...
Page 241
... Spirit from the rest of the fallen Angels . He is defcribed in the first Book as besmeared with the Blood of Human Sacrifices , and delighted with the Tears of Parents and the Cries of Children . In the Second Book he is marked out as ...
... Spirit from the rest of the fallen Angels . He is defcribed in the first Book as besmeared with the Blood of Human Sacrifices , and delighted with the Tears of Parents and the Cries of Children . In the Second Book he is marked out as ...
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