 ... the design, the disposition, the manners, and the thoughts, are all before it; where any of those are wanting or imperfect, so much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life, which is in the very definition of a poem.  A History of English Critical Terms - Página 64por Jeremiah Wesley Bray - 1898 - 345 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 712 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life, which is in the very definition of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring, colours, are the first...; but if the draught be false or lame, the figures ill disposed, the manners obscure or inconsistent, or the thoughts unnatural, then the finest colours... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 674 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life, which is in the very defin;tion of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...; but if the draught be false or lame, the figures ill disposed, the manners obscure or inconsistent, or the thoughts unnatural, then the finest colours... | |
 | John Bell - 1807 - 458 páginas
...it wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life ; which is in the very definition of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...and the piece is a beautiful monster at the best. Neither Virgil nor Homer were deficient in any of the former beauties ; but in this last, which is... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 506 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life, which is in the very definition of a poem. Words, indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...but, if the draught be false or lame, the figures ill disposed, the manners obscure or inconsistent, or the thoughts unnatural, then the finest colours... | |
 | John Dryden - 1808 - 500 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life, which is in the very definition of a poem. Words, indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...but, if the draught be false or lame, the figures ill disposed, the manners obscure or inconsistent, or the thoughts unnatural, then the finest colours... | |
 | Manual - 1809 - 324 páginas
...is wanting or imperfect in the imitation of human life, wliich is in the very definition of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...and strike the sight; but if the draught be false or tame, the figures ill disposed, the manners obscure or unnatural, then the finest colours are but daubing,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 612 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life ; which is in the very definition of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...daubing, and the piece is a beautiful monster at the best . Neither Virgil nor Homer were deficient in any of the former beauties ; but in this last, which is... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life ; which is in the very definition of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...and the piece Is a beautiful monster at the best. Neither Virgil nor Homer were deficient in any of the former beauties; but in this last, which is expression,... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 620 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life ; which is in the very definition of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...ill-disposed, the manners obscure or inconsistent, or the thought* unnatural, then the finest colours are but daubing, and the piece is a beautiful monster at... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 664 páginas
...much wants or is imperfect in the imitation of human life ; which is in the very definition of a poem. Words indeed, like glaring colours, are the first...beauties that arise and strike the sight : but if the dnraght be false or lame, the figures ill-disposed, the manners obscure or inconsistent, or the thoughts... | |
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