An inquiry into the nature and extent of poetick licence, by N.A. Vigors, jun. esq1810 |
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... kind must be fully exempted , as the productions of an artist who labours with the opposite end , ra- ther to delight than to instruct his readers . The poet , in encroaching on the province of the historian , condescending as he does ...
... kind must be fully exempted , as the productions of an artist who labours with the opposite end , ra- ther to delight than to instruct his readers . The poet , in encroaching on the province of the historian , condescending as he does ...
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... kind , and which was taken as affording one of the strongest arguments in favour of adhering to historical truth , may be thus briefly esta- blished . With respect to those incidents which are drawn from history , as they are not consi ...
... kind , and which was taken as affording one of the strongest arguments in favour of adhering to historical truth , may be thus briefly esta- blished . With respect to those incidents which are drawn from history , as they are not consi ...
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... kind with history , and thus to give them an absolute founda- tion in reality , would tend only to diminish those qualities of truth , probability , indivi- duality , and embellishment , which make up the notion of that ideal beauty ...
... kind with history , and thus to give them an absolute founda- tion in reality , would tend only to diminish those qualities of truth , probability , indivi- duality , and embellishment , which make up the notion of that ideal beauty ...
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... kind which , falling within the com- pass of common occurrences , are not calcu lated to force a doubt into the mind respect- ing their reality . We may also conceive them to have really happened , though out of the circle of our ...
... kind which , falling within the com- pass of common occurrences , are not calcu lated to force a doubt into the mind respect- ing their reality . We may also conceive them to have really happened , though out of the circle of our ...
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... kind of pleasure , which is attainable by his art , it will ultimately lead us to a notion of the true epical character . And this notion properly followed up will eventually establish the conclusion of Tasso , and annihilate the force ...
... kind of pleasure , which is attainable by his art , it will ultimately lead us to a notion of the true epical character . And this notion properly followed up will eventually establish the conclusion of Tasso , and annihilate the force ...
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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.