Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism: On Poetry and Musick, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; on the Utility of Classical Learning, 第 6 巻Hopkins & Earle, 1809 |
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... poets ( for a rea- son already given ) copy nature , not as it is , but in that state of perfection , wherein consistently with verisimilitude , and with the genius of their work , it may be supposed to be ; and are there fore said to ...
... poets ( for a rea- son already given ) copy nature , not as it is , but in that state of perfection , wherein consistently with verisimilitude , and with the genius of their work , it may be supposed to be ; and are there fore said to ...
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... poem , suit the sim- plicity of shepherds , contending in alternate verse , and praising their mistresses , putting forth riddles , or making remarks upon the weather ? Yet language must always be so far simple as to have no superfluous ...
... poem , suit the sim- plicity of shepherds , contending in alternate verse , and praising their mistresses , putting forth riddles , or making remarks upon the weather ? Yet language must always be so far simple as to have no superfluous ...
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... poem , or wherein the style is uniformly elevated and pure , as in history and tragedy , this rule of language is not attended to . In what res- pect , for example , can the style of Livy or Homer be said to be suitable to the condition ...
... poem , or wherein the style is uniformly elevated and pure , as in history and tragedy , this rule of language is not attended to . In what res- pect , for example , can the style of Livy or Homer be said to be suitable to the condition ...
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... poem , ( and in all serious poetry , narrative or didactick , wherein the poet is the speaker , ) language , in order to be natural , must be suited to the assumed or supposed character of the poet , as well as to the occasion and ...
... poem , ( and in all serious poetry , narrative or didactick , wherein the poet is the speaker , ) language , in order to be natural , must be suited to the assumed or supposed character of the poet , as well as to the occasion and ...
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... poem , and which is inconsistent with the futility of a buffoon or witling . Granting , then , ( what is not likely ) that the poet , in this one instance , meant to render them contemptible for their low wit , he must yet be blamed for ...
... poem , and which is inconsistent with the futility of a buffoon or witling . Granting , then , ( what is not likely ) that the poet , in this one instance , meant to render them contemptible for their low wit , he must yet be blamed for ...
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183 ページ - ... wisdom is a fox, who, after long hunting, will at last cost you the pains to dig out; it is a cheese, which, by how much the richer, has the thicker, the homelier, and the coarser coat; and whereof, to a judicious palate...
178 ページ - For, wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...
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