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Horace. 1 3 ideas of Philofophy is Imitation , is , in the language of Criticism , called INVENTION . Again ; of the endless variety of these original forms , which the poet's eye is in- ceffantly traverfing , thofe , which take his ...
Horace. 1 3 ideas of Philofophy is Imitation , is , in the language of Criticism , called INVENTION . Again ; of the endless variety of these original forms , which the poet's eye is in- ceffantly traverfing , thofe , which take his ...
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... language of the poet , but fimply the form under which he chufes to present his imagery to the fancy . The reader will excufe my adding a word on fo curious a fubject , which he will readily apprehend from the following inftance ...
... language of the poet , but fimply the form under which he chufes to present his imagery to the fancy . The reader will excufe my adding a word on fo curious a fubject , which he will readily apprehend from the following inftance ...
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... language . 2. This work of comparison is not gone about by the mind caufelessly and capriciously . There are cer- tain obvious and ftriking resemblances in nature , which the poet is carried neceffa- rily to obferve , and which offer ...
... language . 2. This work of comparison is not gone about by the mind caufelessly and capriciously . There are cer- tain obvious and ftriking resemblances in nature , which the poet is carried neceffa- rily to obferve , and which offer ...
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... language . A polite and elegant humour delights in the grace of eafe and perfpicuity . A fevere and melancholic fpirit infpires a forcible , but involved ex- preffion . There are many other nicer dif- ferences and peculiarities of ...
... language . A polite and elegant humour delights in the grace of eafe and perfpicuity . A fevere and melancholic fpirit infpires a forcible , but involved ex- preffion . There are many other nicer dif- ferences and peculiarities of ...
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... Languages , fays one , always take " their character from the genius of a peo- < 6 ' ple . So that two the moft diftant states , " thinking and acting with the fame gene- " rous love of mankind , muft needs have very near the fame ...
... Languages , fays one , always take " their character from the genius of a peo- < 6 ' ple . So that two the moft diftant states , " thinking and acting with the fame gene- " rous love of mankind , muft needs have very near the fame ...
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AENEIS affections alfo allufion almoſt anſwer antient beauty becauſe befides beſt cafe character cifely circumftances claffic compofition conclufion confideration copied correfponding defcription defign difpofition diftinct Effay eſpecially Euripides exerciſe expreffion exprefs faid fame fancy feem feen fenfe fenfible fentiment feveral fhall fhew fhould figns fimilar fingle fion firſt fituation fome fometimes forms fpeak fpecies fpirit ftill ftriking fubject fucceeding fuch fufpicion fuppofe furniſh genius ginal GONDIBERT hath himſelf Homer idea imagery imita imitation inftance itſelf Jonfon juft juſt language leaft leaſt lefs manner ment Milton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity obfervation objects occafion original paffage paffion paſs perfon philofophy Plato pleaſure poem poet poetry prefent purpoſe racters reader reafon refemblance reflexions refpect repreſentation ſay Shakespeare ſpeak ſtate Statius thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion tranflated ture ufually underſtand univerfally uſe Virgil whofe words worfe writers καὶ
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Page 182 - Paffion, all confus'd ; Still by himfelf abus'd or difabus'd; Created half to rife, and half to fall ; Great lord of all things, yet a prey to all ; Sole judge of Truth, in endlefs Error hurl'd: The glory, jeft, and riddle of the world...
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Page 199 - Wisdom's self Oft seeks to sweet retired solitude ; Where, with her best nurse, Contemplation, She plumes her feathers, and lets grow her wings, That in the various bustle of resort Were all too ruffled, and sometimes impair'd. He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i...
Page 214 - Th' adventure of the bear and fiddle Is sung, but breaks off in the middle. When civil fury first grew high, And men fell out, they knew not why; When hard words, jealousies, and fears, Set folks together by the ears, And made them fight, like mad or drunk, For Dame Religion, as for punk...
Page 172 - And turn the Adamantine fpindle round, On which the fate of gods and men is wound.
Page 151 - In the sun's orb, made porous to receive And drink the liquid light ; firm to retain Her gather'd beams, great palace now of light. Hither, as to their fountain, other stars Repairing, in their golden urns draw light...
Page 73 - The objects of imitation, like the materials of human knowledge, are a common stock, which experience furnishes to all men. And it is in the operations of the mind upon them, that the glory of poetry, as of science, consists.
Page 217 - Oh, think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods! Oh, 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Fill'd up with horror all, and big with death...
Page 225 - If a man's fafety or profperity fhould depend upon winds or rains, muft new motions be imprejfcd upon the atmofphere, and new directions given to the floating parts of it, by fome extraordinary and new influence from God ?" III. Sometimes the original expreffion is not taken but paraphrafed ; and the writer difguifes himfelf in a kind of circumlocution. Yet...
Page 173 - Shakespeare, forget that the Pagan Imagery was familiar to all the Poets of his time ; and that abundance of this sort of learning was to be picked up from almost every English book that he could take into his hands.