The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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Strana 159
... because they now see him their Superior ; and those who were once his Superiors , because they look upon him as their Equal . the BUT further , a Man whose extraordinary Reputation thus lifts him up to the Notice and Observation of Man ...
... because they now see him their Superior ; and those who were once his Superiors , because they look upon him as their Equal . the BUT further , a Man whose extraordinary Reputation thus lifts him up to the Notice and Observation of Man ...
Strana 163
... because he is not willing to keep her in Pins ; but what would he think of the Mistress , should he be informed that she asks five or fix hundred Pounds a Year for this Use ? Should a Man unacquainted with our Cuftoms be told the Sums ...
... because he is not willing to keep her in Pins ; but what would he think of the Mistress , should he be informed that she asks five or fix hundred Pounds a Year for this Use ? Should a Man unacquainted with our Cuftoms be told the Sums ...
Strana 167
... because he is the leaft Man I ever faw ; but there is fomething fo eafy and pleasant in the Manner of my little Man , that I obferve he is a Favourite of all his Acquaintance . I could go on to tell you of many others , that I believe ...
... because he is the leaft Man I ever faw ; but there is fomething fo eafy and pleasant in the Manner of my little Man , that I obferve he is a Favourite of all his Acquaintance . I could go on to tell you of many others , that I believe ...
Strana 169
... because it is more proper to ftir up the Paffions of the Reader , and to furprize him with a greater Variety of Accidents . THE Implex Fable is therefore of two kinds : In the firft the chief Actor makes his Way through a long Series of ...
... because it is more proper to ftir up the Paffions of the Reader , and to furprize him with a greater Variety of Accidents . THE Implex Fable is therefore of two kinds : In the firft the chief Actor makes his Way through a long Series of ...
Strana 171
... because the Mind of the Reader is more awed and elevated when he hears Æneas or Achilles fpeak , than when Virgil or Homer talk in their own Perfons . Befides that affuming the Character of an eminent Man is apt to fire the Imagination ...
... because the Mind of the Reader is more awed and elevated when he hears Æneas or Achilles fpeak , than when Virgil or Homer talk in their own Perfons . Befides that affuming the Character of an eminent Man is apt to fire the Imagination ...
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Action admired Æneid againſt agreeable alfo anſwer Beauty becauſe befides Behaviour beſt Character Circumftances confider Confideration Converfation Criticks defcribed Defcription Defign Defire Difcourfe diſcover Drefs Fable faid fame fecond feems felf felves feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon Fortune fpeak Friend ftill fuch fufficient give greateſt Happineſs herſelf himſelf Honour Houfe Houſe humble Servant Iliad infert itſelf juft Kind Lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look Love Mafter Mankind Manner Marriage Meaſure Milton Mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf Nature Number obferved Occafion Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paradife particular Perfon Place pleafing pleaſe Pleaſure Poem Poet poffible prefent publick racter raiſe Reader Reaſon Refpect reprefented Senfe Sentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe Thing thofe thoſe Thoughts thouſand underſtand uſe Virgil Virtue whofe Woman World young
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Strana 199 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Strana 101 - The sentiments in an epic poem are the thoughts and behaviour which the author ascribes to the persons whom he introduces, and are...
Strana 125 - ... as created beings ; and that, in the other, Adam and Eve are confounded with their sons and daughters. Such little...
Strana 194 - Moses in those books from whence our author drew his subject, and to the Holy Spirit who is therein represented as operating after a particular manner in the first production of nature.
Strana 132 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Strana 201 - In short, if we look into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and Milton, as the great fable is the soul of each poem, so to give their works an agreeable variety, their episodes are so many short fables, and their similes so many short episodes ; to which you may add, if you please, that their metaphors are so many short similes.
Strana 104 - I may also add, of that which he described, than to any imperfection in that divine poet.
Strana 250 - Providence with respect to man. He has represented all the abstruse doctrines of predestination, freewill and grace, as also the great points of incarnation and redemption, (which naturally grow up in a poem that treats of the fall of man) with great energy of expression, and in a clearer and stronger light than I ever met with in any other writer.
Strana 197 - The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry, which rises in a great measure from its describing the places where they were worshipped, by those beautiful marks of rivers, so frequent among the ancient poets. The author had doubtless in this place Homer's catalogue of ships, and Virgil's list of warriors, in his view. The characters of Moloch and Belial...
Strana 198 - Lucian relates concerning this river, viz. that this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour ; •which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains out of which this stream rises.