 | James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 str.
...Preface to the last mentioned work, he says : " Tragedy, as it was anciently composed, hath ever been held / the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems: therefore said bv Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 str.
...SAMSON AGONISTES. Of that sort of Dramatick Poem which is called Tragedy. TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest,...Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terrour, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 str.
...AGONISTES. Of thai sort of Dramatick Poem which is catted Tragedy. TRAGEDY, as it was anciently cornel, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most...Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terrour, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce lhem to just... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 str.
...Tragedy. TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, snd Hiost profitable of all other poems : therefore said by...Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terrour, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 560 str.
...species of writing, he thought if expedient to prefix to bis play a funnat defence of tragedy. WARTOX, by Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terrour, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - 1812 - 516 str.
...coincide exactly, as far as it goes, with my idea of the passage. — " Tragedy, as it was anciently composed, hath " been ever held the gravest, moralest,...pity, " and fear or terror, to purge the mind of those w and such like passions ; that is, to temper and " reduce them to just measure, with a kind of " delight,... | |
 | Robert Mansel - 1814 - 232 str.
...AgonisteTQ " Tragedy," says he, " as it was anciently composed, has been held the GREATEST MORALIST and most profitable of all other poems : therefore said by ARISTOTLE to be of power, by raising piety and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions ; that is, to temper and... | |
 | Robert Mansel - 1814 - 230 str.
...Agonistes. " Tragedy," says he, " as it was anciently composed, has been held the SREATEST MORALIST and most profitable of all other poems : therefore said by ARISTOTLE to be of power, by raising piety and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions; that is, to temper and... | |
 | Aristotle - 1815 - 492 str.
...coincide exactly, as far as it goes, with my idea of the passage. — " Tragedy, as it was antiently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest,...profitable of all other poems: therefore said by Aristotle u> be of power, by raising pity, and fear or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions... | |
 | 1821 - 466 str.
...is given by Milton in the Introduction to his Samson Agonistes : — ' Tragedy as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest,...and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such-like passions ; that is, to temper and to reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight,... | |
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Tragedy, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems: therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and suchlike passions,... 
