The Spectator, Volumen4W. Wilson, 1778 |
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... Criticism On the Letters on marriage On the paffions , their use and effects On the public diverfions , particularly plays and mufic Rules for falutation No. 252 253 254 255 , 256 , 257 } 258 259 260 261 262 Letter from Jack Afterday ...
... Criticism On the Letters on marriage On the paffions , their use and effects On the public diverfions , particularly plays and mufic Rules for falutation No. 252 253 254 255 , 256 , 257 } 258 259 260 261 262 Letter from Jack Afterday ...
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... criticism on the tragedy of the Diftreft Mother 290 An effay on criticism On decency On prudence . On charity - Schools On pin - money Letters to the Spectator On the defects in Milton's Paradife Loft On the general notion men have of ...
... criticism on the tragedy of the Diftreft Mother 290 An effay on criticism On decency On prudence . On charity - Schools On pin - money Letters to the Spectator On the defects in Milton's Paradife Loft On the general notion men have of ...
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... critics who write in a po-- fitive dogmatic way , without either language , genius , or imagination . If the reader would fee how the best of the Latin critics writ , he may find their manner very beautifully defcribed in the characters ...
... critics who write in a po-- fitive dogmatic way , without either language , genius , or imagination . If the reader would fee how the best of the Latin critics writ , he may find their manner very beautifully defcribed in the characters ...
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... critics have taken notice of . It is where Sifyphus is reprefented lifting his ftone up the hill , which is no fooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably ...
... critics have taken notice of . It is where Sifyphus is reprefented lifting his ftone up the hill , which is no fooner carried to the top of it , but it immediately tumbles to the bottom . This double motion of the stone is admirably ...
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... criticism . C. N ° 254 . Friday , December 21 . Σεμνὸς ἔρως ἀρετῆς , ὁ δὲ κυπρίδΘ ἄσχος ὀφέλλει . On love of virtue reverence attends , But fenfual pleasure in our ruin ends . WHEN I confider the falfe impreffions which are received by ...
... criticism . C. N ° 254 . Friday , December 21 . Σεμνὸς ἔρως ἀρετῆς , ὁ δὲ κυπρίδΘ ἄσχος ὀφέλλει . On love of virtue reverence attends , But fenfual pleasure in our ruin ends . WHEN I confider the falfe impreffions which are received by ...
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action Æneid agreeable alfo anfwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond fecret feems feen fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide filks fince firft fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeculation fpeech fpirit ftate ftill ftory fubject fublime fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf Homer honour houfe humble fervant huſband Iliad itſelf kind lady laft lefs likewife look mafter mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferve occafion ourſelves OVID paffage paffed paffion Paradife Loft particular perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racter raiſe reader reafon reprefented ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtand uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman
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Página 213 - ... a shout, that tore hell's concave, and beyond frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Página 111 - Odyssey ; though at the same time, those who have treated this great poet with candour, have attributed this defect to the times in which he lived. It was the fault of the age, and not of Homer, if there wants that delicacy in some of his sentiments, which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius.
Página 137 - They heard, and were abashed, and up they sprung Upon the wing; as when men, wont to watch On duty, sleeping found by whom they dread, Rouse and bestir themselves ere well awake. Nor did they not perceive the evil plight In which they were, or the fierce pains not feel; Yet to their general's voice they soon obeyed, Innumerable.
Página 299 - O thou, for whom And from whom I was form'd, flesh of thy flesh, And without whom am to no end ; my guide And head ! what thou hast said is just and right. For we to him, indeed, all praises owe, And daily thanks ; I chiefly, who enjoy So far the happier lot, enjoying thee Pre-eminent by so much odds, while thou Like consort to thyself canst no where find.
Página 59 - But our female projectors were all the last summer so taken up with the improvement of their petticoats, that they had not time to attend to...
Página 268 - His only Son : on earth he first beheld Our two first parents, yet the only two Of mankind, in the happy garden plac'd, Reaping immortal fruits of joy and love, Uninterrupted joy, unrival'd love, In blissful solitude : he then survey'd Hell and the gulf between, and Satan there 70 Coasting the wall of heav'n on this side night...
Página 160 - Understanding would be thought a very odd book for a man to make himself master of, who would get a reputation by critical writings ; though at the same time it is very certain that an author, who has not learned the art of distinguishing between words and things, and of ranging...
Página 15 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line, While they ring round the same unvaried chimes, With sure returns of still expected rhymes, Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Página 67 - Roman empire, has described the birth of its great rival, the Carthaginian commonwealth, Milton with the like art in his poem on the fall of man has related the fall of those angels who are his professed enemies.
Página 14 - Poetry, he will find but few precepts in it which he may not meet with in Aristotle, and which were not commonly known by all the poets of the Augustan age. His way of expressing and applying them, not his invention of them, is what