The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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Page 114
... Poet . ver . 316 . He knows what beft befits each character . W E have already taken a general furvey of the fable and characters in MILTON'S PARADISE LOST * . The parts which remain to be con- fidered , according to Ariftotle's method ...
... Poet . ver . 316 . He knows what beft befits each character . W E have already taken a general furvey of the fable and characters in MILTON'S PARADISE LOST * . The parts which remain to be con- fidered , according to Ariftotle's method ...
Page 117
... poet fhould not only avoid fuch fentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also fuch as are mean and vulgar . Homer has opened a great field of raillery to men of more delicacy than greatness of genius , by the homeliness of fome of ...
... poet fhould not only avoid fuch fentiments as are unnatural or affected , but also fuch as are mean and vulgar . Homer has opened a great field of raillery to men of more delicacy than greatness of genius , by the homeliness of fome of ...
Page 143
... poet . I mean the lengthening of a phrase by the addition of words , which may either be inferted or omitted , as alfo by the ex- tending or contracting of particular words by the in- sertion or omiffion of certain fyllables . Milton ...
... poet . I mean the lengthening of a phrase by the addition of words , which may either be inferted or omitted , as alfo by the ex- tending or contracting of particular words by the in- sertion or omiffion of certain fyllables . Milton ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems fenfe fentiments feve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fignature filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufficient give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs letter likewife mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paper Paradife Loft perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racters raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſeveral ſhe SPECT SPECTATOR ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion uſed Virgil virtue whofe woman