The Spectator, Volumes 1-2Dent, 1930 |
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Page 146
... Poets . As there is something Familiar and Domestick in the Fable of his Tragedy , more than in those of any other Poet , he has little Pomp , but great Force in his Expressions . For which Reason , tho ' he has admirably succeeded in ...
... Poets . As there is something Familiar and Domestick in the Fable of his Tragedy , more than in those of any other Poet , he has little Pomp , but great Force in his Expressions . For which Reason , tho ' he has admirably succeeded in ...
Page 165
... Poet avoids killing him before the Audience , by telling him that he should live some Time in his present Bitterness of Soul before he would dispatch him , and by ordering him to retire into that Part of the Palace where he had slain ...
... Poet avoids killing him before the Audience , by telling him that he should live some Time in his present Bitterness of Soul before he would dispatch him , and by ordering him to retire into that Part of the Palace where he had slain ...
Page 235
... Poet out of whom I have taken the Examples of it , had as much true Wit as any Author that ever writ ; and indeed all other Talents of an extraordinary Genius . Drucke It may be expected , since I am upon this Subject , that I should ...
... Poet out of whom I have taken the Examples of it , had as much true Wit as any Author that ever writ ; and indeed all other Talents of an extraordinary Genius . Drucke It may be expected , since I am upon this Subject , that I should ...
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