Remarks on the Beauties of PoetryR. and J. Dodsley, 1762 - 123 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 58
... manners , give us at the same time the greatest plea- fure . Now , it is probable , that all the powers which produce these refined plea- fures fpring from one common principle , as it is evident they tend to one common end : for there ...
... manners , give us at the same time the greatest plea- fure . Now , it is probable , that all the powers which produce these refined plea- fures fpring from one common principle , as it is evident they tend to one common end : for there ...
الصفحة 76
... manner , and the beauty , of course , is confummate . You fhall have , Afpafia , an example of this from your favourite au- thor , Fletcher . Amintor , in order to con- ceal the cause of his grief , had put on a fhow of mirth ...
... manner , and the beauty , of course , is confummate . You fhall have , Afpafia , an example of this from your favourite au- thor , Fletcher . Amintor , in order to con- ceal the cause of his grief , had put on a fhow of mirth ...
الصفحة 80
... manner in which you have ex- preffed yourself in this place , gives me fome reason to imagine , that , joined to the plea- fure which you have here remarked , we have a kind of selfish enjoyment on these occafions ; for , while we enter ...
... manner in which you have ex- preffed yourself in this place , gives me fome reason to imagine , that , joined to the plea- fure which you have here remarked , we have a kind of selfish enjoyment on these occafions ; for , while we enter ...
الصفحة 102
... Manners and Paffions must be extremely vague and un- decifive for inftance , the tender and melting tones which may be expreffive of the Paffion of Love , will be equally in unifon with the collateral feelings of Benevo- lence ...
... Manners and Paffions must be extremely vague and un- decifive for inftance , the tender and melting tones which may be expreffive of the Paffion of Love , will be equally in unifon with the collateral feelings of Benevo- lence ...
الصفحة 103
... Manners . and the Paffions . [ r ] Ariftotle , in his Poetics , chap . vi . obferves , that the first Dramatic Poets were irregular in the conduct of the Fable ; but excelled in the Manners , and in the Diction that the Poets of his ...
... Manners . and the Paffions . [ r ] Ariftotle , in his Poetics , chap . vi . obferves , that the first Dramatic Poets were irregular in the conduct of the Fable ; but excelled in the Manners , and in the Diction that the Poets of his ...
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Afpafia againſt almoſt anſwers beauty becauſe blank verfe cauſe circumſtances compariſon confifts Conftance correfpond couplet courſe Cymbeline defcribe defign deſcription Dido diſtinction diſtinguiſh effect Eugenio example expreffion faid fame fays fecond feelings feem fenfe fentiment fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fleep fome foul fpecies fpirit fpring fubject fucceffion fuch fudden fuperior fupport furpriſe fyllable genius give greateſt Hamlet happineſs harmony heav'n himſelf ideas imagery images imitation impreffions itſelf laft laſt Loft meaſure metaphor monotony moſt movement mufic muft muſt nature neceffity nexion Novelty numbers obferve occafion Othello paffage paffion Painting pariſon pathetic paufes pauſe pleafing pleaſed pleaſure Poet poetic Poetry profaic reft reprefented reſpect rhyme rife ſay ſcene ſeem ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch thee thefe lines theſe lines thofe thoſe thou thro tion underſtand underſtood verfe verfification verſe weakneſs whofe Whoſe και
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الصفحة 40 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
الصفحة 15 - Th' infernal Serpent ; he it was, whose guile Stirr'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory...
الصفحة 73 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
الصفحة 77 - You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And yourself too ; but 'tis not like a friend To hide your soul from me. 'Tis not your nature To be thus idle : I have seen you stand As you were blasted 'midst of all your mirth ; Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly ! — World, what do I here ? a friend Is nothing.
الصفحة 13 - Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon : then from pole to pole He views in breadth, and without longer pause Down right into the world's first region throws His flight precipitant, and winds with ease Through the pure marble air his oblique way Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Stars distant, but nigh hand seem'd other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles...
الصفحة 7 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro
الصفحة 87 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
الصفحة 123 - In thefe principles, and in the examples by which they have been fupported, we fee clearly the reafon why every enlightened age has had, and muft continue to have, its original Writers. We have no right, therefore, to complain that nature is always the fame, or that the fources of novelty have been exhaufted. It is in Poetry as in Philofophy, new relations are ftruck out, new influences difcovered, and every fuperior genius moves in a world of his own.
الصفحة 55 - The downy feather, on the cordage hung, Moves not; the flat sea shines like yellow gold, Fus'd in the fire ; or like the marble floor 'Of some old temple wide. But where...
الصفحة 68 - But immediately after this the poet adds, For works may have more wit than does 'em good. Now let us substitute the definition in the place of the thing, and it will stand thus: A work may have more of nature dressed to advantage, than will do it good.