The Spectator, Volume 4J. and R. Tonson, 1767 |
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Page 56
... fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune , by fecret methods , to other men . If he has not the pomp of a numerous train , and of pro- feffors of fervice to him , he has every day he ...
... fable to report that this gentleman gives away all which is the overplus of a great fortune , by fecret methods , to other men . If he has not the pomp of a numerous train , and of pro- feffors of fervice to him , he has every day he ...
Page 67
... fable , which is perfect or imperfect , according as the action which it relates is more or lefs fo . This ac- tion fhould have three qualifications in it . First , it fhould be but one action . Secondly , it should be an entire action ...
... fable , which is perfect or imperfect , according as the action which it relates is more or lefs fo . This ac- tion fhould have three qualifications in it . First , it fhould be but one action . Secondly , it should be an entire action ...
Page 68
... fable , though at the fame time that great critic and philofopher endeavours to palliate this . imperfection in the Greek poet by im- . puting it in fome meafure to the very nature of an epic . poem . Some have been of opinion , that ...
... fable , though at the fame time that great critic and philofopher endeavours to palliate this . imperfection in the Greek poet by im- . puting it in fome meafure to the very nature of an epic . poem . Some have been of opinion , that ...
Page 90
... fable , and fecondly the manners ; or , as we generally call them in English , the fable and the characters . t Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters : every god that is ...
... fable , and fecondly the manners ; or , as we generally call them in English , the fable and the characters . t Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters : every god that is ...
Page 91
... fable was capa ble of receiving . The whole fpecies of mankind was in two perfons at the time to which the fubject of his poem is confined . We have , however , four diftinct cha- racters in these two perfons . We fee man and woman in ...
... fable was capa ble of receiving . The whole fpecies of mankind was in two perfons at the time to which the fubject of his poem is confined . We have , however , four diftinct cha- racters in these two perfons . We fee man and woman in ...
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action Æneid agreeable alfo anfwer beauty becauſe befides behaviour cafe character circumftances confideration converfation correfpondents defcribed defign defire difcourfe difcover drefs Enville fable faid falutation fame fecond feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuppofe give greateſt herſelf himſelf honour houfe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs likewife Loft look mafter mankind manner marriage Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion Paradife particular perfon pleafed pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſhall ſhe Spectator thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion underſtand uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman