The Works of the English Poets: With Prefaces, Biographical and Critical, Том 38H. Hughs, 1779 |
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... Iliad , and Odyssey , are conformable to this rule of Ariftotle ; and every one of thofe poems may be read in the compafs of a single day . : I have now gone through the collections upon the Odyffey , and laid together what occurred ...
... Iliad , and Odyssey , are conformable to this rule of Ariftotle ; and every one of thofe poems may be read in the compafs of a single day . : I have now gone through the collections upon the Odyffey , and laid together what occurred ...
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... Iliad , expecting to find it of the fame character , or of the fame fort of fpirit , will be grievously deceived , and err against the first principle of criticism , which is , to confider the na- ture of the piece , and the intent of ...
... Iliad , expecting to find it of the fame character , or of the fame fort of fpirit , will be grievously deceived , and err against the first principle of criticism , which is , to confider the na- ture of the piece , and the intent of ...
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... Iliad , many proofs may be given , & c . From " hence , in my judgment , it proceeds , that as the " Iliad was written while his fpirit was in its greatest " vigour , the whole structure of that work is drama- " tic and full of action ...
... Iliad , many proofs may be given , & c . From " hence , in my judgment , it proceeds , that as the " Iliad was written while his fpirit was in its greatest " vigour , the whole structure of that work is drama- " tic and full of action ...
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... Iliad , he justly obferves the Odyffey to have lefs of those qualities , and to turn more on the fide of moral , and reflections on human life . Nor is it his business here to determine , whether the elevated spirit of the one , or the ...
... Iliad , he justly obferves the Odyffey to have lefs of those qualities , and to turn more on the fide of moral , and reflections on human life . Nor is it his business here to determine , whether the elevated spirit of the one , or the ...
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... Iliad . The amount of the paffage is this ; that in his own particular tafte , and with respect to the fublime , Lon- ginus preferred the Iliad : and because the Odyssey was lefs active and lofty , he judged it the work of the old of ...
... Iliad . The amount of the paffage is this ; that in his own particular tafte , and with respect to the fublime , Lon- ginus preferred the Iliad : and because the Odyssey was lefs active and lofty , he judged it the work of the old of ...
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Страница 275 - the latter, where we find not an antiquated, affefted, or uncouth word, for fome hundred lines together; as in his fifth book, the latter part of the eighth, the former of the tenth and eleventh books, and in the narration of Michael in the twelfth. I wonder indeed that he, who ventured (contrary to the
Страница 103 - knew,, and ftrove to meet; In vain he ftrove to crawl, and kifs his feet; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his mafter, and confefs his joys. Soft pity touch'd the mighty
Страница 51 - in better days, by Helen wove : Safe in thy mother's care the vefture lay, 14.0 To deck thy bride, and grace thy nuptial day. Meantime may'ft thou with happieft fpeed regain Thy ftately palace, and thy wide domain. She faid, and gave the veil; with grateful look The prince the variegated
Страница 269 - is ufmg a vaft force to lift a feather. I believe, now I am upon this head, it will be found a juft obfervation, That the low aftions of life cannot be put into a figurative ftyle, without being ridiculous ; but things natural can' Metaphors raif'e the latter into dignity, as we fee in the
Страница 258 - on thy immortal brow. Thus when thy draughts, O Raphael! time invades, And the bold figure from the canvas fades, A rival hand recalls from every part Some latent grace, and equals art with art : Tranfported we furvey the dubious ftrife, While each fair image ftarts again to life. How long,
Страница 264 - are ill invented, or ill executed. He affirms it to be nice and particular in painting the manners, but not that thofe manners are ill painted. If Homer has fully in thefe points accomplifhed his own defign, and done all that the nature of his poem demanded or allowed, it
Страница 60 - thou (he cries) haft felt The fpite of fortune too ! her cruel hand 410 Snatch'd thee an infant from thy native land ! Snatch'd from thy parents' arms, thy parents' eyes, To early wants! a man of miferies ! Thy whole fad ftory, from its firft, declare : Sunk the fair city by the rage of war,
Страница 42 - The morn confpicuous on her golden throne. 570 Oh, were my ftrength as then, as then my age! Some friend would fence me from the winter's rage. Yet, tatter'd as I look, I challeng'd then The honours and the offices of men : Some mafter, or fome fervant, would allow 575 A cloak and
Страница 267 - find in each the fame vivacity and fecundity of invention, the fame life and ftrength of imaging and colouring, the particular defcriptions as highly painted, the figures as bold, the metaphors as animated, and the numbers as harmonious, and as various. The Odyfley is a perpetual fource of poetry: the
Страница 284 - we have at leaft none of the blafphemers of Homer. We fteadfaftly and unanimoufly believe, both his poem, and our conftitution, to be the beft that ever human wit invented : that the one is not more incapable of amendment than the other; and (old as they both are) we