The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Spectator [no. 162-483H. G. Bohn, 1854 - 8 страници |
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... Æneid , in the beauties which are essential to that kind of writing . 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 ...
... Æneid , in the beauties which are essential to that kind of writing . 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 ...
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... Æneid were built , had more circumstances in them than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Besides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fic- tion , as they were in no danger of ...
... Æneid were built , had more circumstances in them than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Besides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fic- tion , as they were in no danger of ...
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... Æneid , but the part she acts is very short , and none of the most admired circumstances in that divine work . We find in mock - heroic poems , particularly in the Dispensary and the Lutrin , several allegorical persons of this nature ...
... Æneid , but the part she acts is very short , and none of the most admired circumstances in that divine work . We find in mock - heroic poems , particularly in the Dispensary and the Lutrin , several allegorical persons of this nature ...
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... Æneid , which was made some hundred years after his death . In my next I shall go through other parts of Milton's poem ; and hope that what I shall there advance , as well as what I have already written , will not only serve as a com ...
... Æneid , which was made some hundred years after his death . In my next I shall go through other parts of Milton's poem ; and hope that what I shall there advance , as well as what I have already written , will not only serve as a com ...
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... Æneid . I do not remember that Homer anywhere falls into the faults above - mentioned , which were , indeed , the false re- finements of later ages . Milton , it must be confest , has sometimes erred in this respect , as I shall show ...
... Æneid . I do not remember that Homer anywhere falls into the faults above - mentioned , which were , indeed , the false re- finements of later ages . Milton , it must be confest , has sometimes erred in this respect , as I shall show ...
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Страница 254 - O'er other creatures : yet when I approach Her loveliness, so absolute she seems, And in herself complete, so well to know Her own, that what she wills to do or say Seems wisest, virtuousest, discreetest, best...
Страница 281 - They, looking back, all the eastern side beheld Of Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand; the gate With dreadful faces thronged and fiery arms. Some natural tears they dropped, but wiped them soon; The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide.
Страница 439 - Curse not the king, no not in thy thought; and curse not the rich in thy bedchamber: for a bird of the air shall carry the voice, and that which hath wings shall tell the matter.
Страница 446 - THE Lord my pasture shall prepare, •And feed me with a shepherd's care ; His presence shall my wants supply, And guard me with a watchful eye ; My noonday walks he shall attend, And all my midnight hours defend.
Страница 155 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Страница 37 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Страница 252 - By quick instinctive motion, up I sprung, As thitherward endeavouring, and upright Stood on my feet: about me round I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these Creatures that lived and moved, and walked or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; ~a.ll things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed.
Страница 228 - Absolute rule; and hyacinthine locks Round from his parted forelock manly hung Clustering, but not beneath his shoulders broad...
Страница 486 - Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Страница 480 - I seen also under the sun, and it seemed great unto me: there was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged it, and built great bulwarks against it: now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.