“The” Spectator ...J. Wood, 1761 |
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Page 105
... sentiments he makes use of are proper for those ends . Ho- mer is cenfured by the critics for his defect as to this par- ticular in feveral parts of the Iliad and Odyssey ; tho ' , at the fame time , those who have treated this great ...
... sentiments he makes use of are proper for those ends . Ho- mer is cenfured by the critics for his defect as to this par- ticular in feveral parts of the Iliad and Odyssey ; tho ' , at the fame time , those who have treated this great ...
Page 108
... Sentiments which raise laughter can very feldom be admit- ted with any decency into an heroic poem , whofe business it is to excite paffions of a much nobler nature . Homer , however , in his characters of Vulcan and Therfites , in his ...
... Sentiments which raise laughter can very feldom be admit- ted with any decency into an heroic poem , whofe business it is to excite paffions of a much nobler nature . Homer , however , in his characters of Vulcan and Therfites , in his ...
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