The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English literature |
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Page 45
... critic and philosopher endea- vors to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion that the Æneid also labors in this particular , and has ...
... critic and philosopher endea- vors to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of an epic poem . Some have been of opinion that the Æneid also labors in this particular , and has ...
Page 48
... it is capable of pleasing the most delicate reader , without giving offence to the most scrupulous . The modern critics have collected from several hints in the Iliad and Æneid the space of time 48 No. 267 . THE SPECTATOR .
... it is capable of pleasing the most delicate reader , without giving offence to the most scrupulous . The modern critics have collected from several hints in the Iliad and Æneid the space of time 48 No. 267 . THE SPECTATOR .
Page 49
... critics , either ancient or modern , having laid down rules to circum- scribe the action of an epic poem with any determin- ed number of years , days , or hours . This piece of criticism , on Milton's Paradise Lost , shall be carried on ...
... critics , either ancient or modern , having laid down rules to circum- scribe the action of an epic poem with any determin- ed number of years , days , or hours . This piece of criticism , on Milton's Paradise Lost , shall be carried on ...
Page 61
... critics , is not so bad as the breach of an unity of time and place . Half wits do not appre- hend the miseries that must necessarily flow from degeneracy of manners ; nor do they know that or- der is the support of society . Sir Roger ...
... critics , is not so bad as the breach of an unity of time and place . Half wits do not appre- hend the miseries that must necessarily flow from degeneracy of manners ; nor do they know that or- der is the support of society . Sir Roger ...
Page 74
... . I shall subjoin , as a corollary to the foregoing re- mark , an admirable observation out of Aristotle , which hath been very much misrepresented in the " If a man of quotations of some modern critics 74 No. 273 . THE SPECTATOR .
... . I shall subjoin , as a corollary to the foregoing re- mark , an admirable observation out of Aristotle , which hath been very much misrepresented in the " If a man of quotations of some modern critics 74 No. 273 . THE SPECTATOR .
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action Adam and Eve ADDISON admirer Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behavior character circumstances consider Cottius creature critics desire discourse dress Eneid Enville epic poem fable fallen angels father fault favor female fortune genius gentleman give grace Grand Vizier greatest Greek happiness head heart heaven Homer honor hoods hope humble servant Iliad innocent Julius Cæsar kind lady late letter Letter-box lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind misfortune mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion Ovid Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion person pleased pleasure poet pray present prince proper racter reader reason ROSCOMMON Satan sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR speech spirit STEELE sublime tell Thammuz thing thou thought tion told town ture turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman women words young