The British Essayists, Volumen10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Ho- race has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that ...
... Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Ho- race has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that ...
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... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the unity of his fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endea- vours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of ...
... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the unity of his fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endea- vours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of ...
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... Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their country by it . But as for Milton , he had not only a very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem , but was also ...
... Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their country by it . But as for Milton , he had not only a very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem , but was also ...
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... Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters , Every god that is admitted into his poem , acts a part which would have been suitable to no other deity , His princes are as much ...
... Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters , Every god that is admitted into his poem , acts a part which would have been suitable to no other deity , His princes are as much ...
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... Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a person who had lived thrice the age of man , and con- versed with Theseus , Hercules ...
... Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a person who had lived thrice the age of man , and con- versed with Theseus , Hercules ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acquainted action admirer Æneas Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour cerned character charms circumstances colours consider creature critics desire discourse dress DRYDEN endeavour entertainment Enville epic poem epic poetry eyes fable fame faults favour FEBRUARY 18 female fortune give greatest Greek happiness head heart holy orders Homer honour hoods hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady language late letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind misfortune Moloch nature never obliged observed occasion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passion perfect person pin-money pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper racters reader reason sentiments shew Sir Roger speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
Pasajes populares
Página 238 - Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Página 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Página 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Página 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Página 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Página 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Página 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Página 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Página 240 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Página 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...