The Spectator, Volume 4Messrs. Payne, Rivington, Davis, Longman, Dodsley [and 23 others in London], 1788 - English essays |
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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 less fo . This ac- tion fhould have three qualifications in it . First , It hould be but one action . Secondly , It fhould be an intire action ...
... fable , which is perfect or imperfect , according as . the action which it relates is more or less fo . This ac- tion fhould have three qualifications in it . First , It hould be but one action . Secondly , It fhould be an intire action ...
Page 68
... fable , though at the fame time that great critick and philofopher endeavours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek Poet by im- puting it in fome measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion , that the ...
... fable , though at the fame time that great critick and philofopher endeavours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek Poet by im- puting it in fome measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion , that the ...
Page 90
... fable , and fecondly the manners ; or , as we generally call them in English , the fable and the characters . Homer has excelled all the heroick 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 . Homer has excelled all the heroick poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters . Every God that is ...
Page 91
... fable was ca- pable 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 diftin & t cha- racters in these two perfons . We fee man and woman in ...
... fable was ca- pable 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 diftin & t cha- racters in these two perfons . We fee man and woman in ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo beauty becauſe befides behaviour character circumftances confideration converfation criticks defcribed defign defire difcourfe diſcovered drefs fable faid falutation fame feems feen fenfe fent fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould filks fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon fortune fpeak fpeculations fpeech fpirit ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fufficient give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf honour houfe houſe humble fervant huſband ibid Iliad itſelf kind Lady laft laſt lefs look mafter mankind manner marriage meaſure Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature obferved occafion ourſelves Ovid paffage paffed paffion particular perfons pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poffible prefent publick purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reflexion reprefented ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion uſe Virgil virtue whofe woman