Essays: On the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism : on Poetry and Music, as They Affect the Mind : on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition : on the Utility of Classical Learning, Svazek 2William Creech, Edinburgh; and for E. & C. Dilly, and T. Cadell, London, 1776 - Počet stran: 555 |
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... seems to think , and Pope , in order perhaps to make out his couplet , infinuates , that the gladnefs of the Iliad , b . 8. verf . 555 . fhepherd fhepherd is owing to his fenfe of the utility of Ch . I. 29 AND MUSI C.
... seems to think , and Pope , in order perhaps to make out his couplet , infinuates , that the gladnefs of the Iliad , b . 8. verf . 555 . fhepherd fhepherd is owing to his fenfe of the utility of Ch . I. 29 AND MUSI C.
Strana 33
... , denotes cenfure and difguft on the part of the speaker ; as the epithet natural * See Mr Brydone's Tour in Sicily , letter 24 . VOL . II . E intimates intimates an agreeable quality , and seems for the most Ch . II . AND MUSIC . 33.
... , denotes cenfure and difguft on the part of the speaker ; as the epithet natural * See Mr Brydone's Tour in Sicily , letter 24 . VOL . II . E intimates intimates an agreeable quality , and seems for the most Ch . II . AND MUSIC . 33.
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... seems for the most part to imply , that a thing is as it ought to be , fuitable to our own tafte , and congenial with our own conftitution . Think , with what fentiments we fhould perufe a poem , in which Nature was totally misrepre ...
... seems for the most part to imply , that a thing is as it ought to be , fuitable to our own tafte , and congenial with our own conftitution . Think , with what fentiments we fhould perufe a poem , in which Nature was totally misrepre ...
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... seems not to require fur- ther illustration . Enough has been faid , to fhow , that nothing unnatural can please ; and that therefore Poetry , whofe end is to please , must be ACCORDING TO NATURE . And if fo , it must be , either ...
... seems not to require fur- ther illustration . Enough has been faid , to fhow , that nothing unnatural can please ; and that therefore Poetry , whofe end is to please , must be ACCORDING TO NATURE . And if fo , it must be , either ...
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... seems to be agreed , that the Deity fhould not be in- troduced in the machinery of a poetical fable . To afcribe to him words and actions of our own invention , is in my judgement very unbecoming ; nor can a poetical defcrip- tion ...
... seems to be agreed , that the Deity fhould not be in- troduced in the machinery of a poetical fable . To afcribe to him words and actions of our own invention , is in my judgement very unbecoming ; nor can a poetical defcrip- tion ...
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