An inquiry into the nature and extent of poetick licence, by N.A. Vigors, jun. esq1810 |
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... importance which is suited to the length and dignity of the species of composition in which he engages , will be calculated to excite interest , and uphold at- tention , from the commencement to the close of his production . Unimportant ...
... importance which is suited to the length and dignity of the species of composition in which he engages , will be calculated to excite interest , and uphold at- tention , from the commencement to the close of his production . Unimportant ...
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... importance , which are essential to the higher compositions of his art , applies to history for a subject suited to the exercise of his powers : or that some train of historical occurrence , from possessing those qualities , recommends ...
... importance , which are essential to the higher compositions of his art , applies to history for a subject suited to the exercise of his powers : or that some train of historical occurrence , from possessing those qualities , recommends ...
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... importance of his subject by preserving its truth ; and as induced , on the other , to heighten its beauty by increasing its embel- lishment . And whatever be the impulse to which he yields , his way lying through his- tory , must ...
... importance of his subject by preserving its truth ; and as induced , on the other , to heighten its beauty by increasing its embel- lishment . And whatever be the impulse to which he yields , his way lying through his- tory , must ...
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... importance . We must consider more- over every alteration of an historick incident as being made suitably to the character of the production in which it is attempted : when this is not the case , whatever be the change effected , it ...
... importance . We must consider more- over every alteration of an historick incident as being made suitably to the character of the production in which it is attempted : when this is not the case , whatever be the change effected , it ...
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... importance in that of the mere historian . We come to the pe- rusal of the different compositions of poetry and history , with very different expectations to be gratified . We require in the former , as it is written principally to ...
... importance in that of the mere historian . We come to the pe- rusal of the different compositions of poetry and history , with very different expectations to be gratified . We require in the former , as it is written principally to ...
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Страница 284 - Be lion-mettled, proud and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.
Страница 267 - Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of? The. More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.
Страница 292 - We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss. Not cast aside so soon.
Страница 290 - Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
Страница 288 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good : If ill, why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Страница 202 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan ; and the land was defiled with blood.
Страница 296 - With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed: Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life , which must not yield To one of woman born.
Страница 290 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Страница 228 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Страница 296 - That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.