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... richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few
are there whose virtųes are not obscured by the ignorance , prejudice , or envy of
their beholders ! Some men cannot discern between a noble and a mean action .
... richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few
are there whose virtųes are not obscured by the ignorance , prejudice , or envy of
their beholders ! Some men cannot discern between a noble and a mean action .
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Again , there are many virtues which want an opportunity of exerting and shewing
themselves in action . Every virtue requires time and place , a proper object and a
fit conjuncture of circumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty ...
Again , there are many virtues which want an opportunity of exerting and shewing
themselves in action . Every virtue requires time and place , a proper object and a
fit conjuncture of circumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty ...
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The first thing to be considered in an epic poem is the fable , which is perfect or
imperfect , according as the action which it relates is more or less so . This action
should have three qualifications in it . First , it should be but one action . Secondly
...
The first thing to be considered in an epic poem is the fable , which is perfect or
imperfect , according as the action which it relates is more or less so . This action
should have three qualifications in it . First , it should be but one action . Secondly
...
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The contents of both which books come before those of the first book in the
thread of the story , though for preserving this unity of action they follow them in
the disposition of the poem . Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens
his ...
The contents of both which books come before those of the first book in the
thread of the story , though for preserving this unity of action they follow them in
the disposition of the poem . Milton , in imitation of these two great poets , opens
his ...
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Besides the many other beauties in such an episode , its running parallel with the
great action of the poem hinders it from breaking the unity so much as another
episode would have done , that had not so great an affinity with the principal ...
Besides the many other beauties in such an episode , its running parallel with the
great action of the poem hinders it from breaking the unity so much as another
episode would have done , that had not so great an affinity with the principal ...
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Página 232 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Página 234 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 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 343 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Página 234 - 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...
Página 234 - 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 165 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Página 344 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...
Página 271 - To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not: that he no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force hath overcome but half his foe. Space may produce new worlds...
Página 342 - So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Página 60 - ¿Eneid also labours in this particular, and has episodes which may be looked upon as excrescences rather than as parts of the action. On the contrary, the poem which we have now under our consideration, hath no other episodes than such as naturally arise from the subject, and yet is filled with such a multitude of astonishing incidents...
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The British Essayists: Spectator Volumen8 de The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volumen8 de The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Colaborador | James Ferguson |
| Edición | 2 |
| Editor | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 11 Ene. 2006 |
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