The Spectator, Volume 5William Durell and Company, 1810 - English essays |
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... to prayers twice a - day . I say , it would look like a fable to report , that this gentleman gives . away all which is the overplus of a great fortune , by secret methods , to other men . If he has 30 30 No. 264 . THE SPECTATOR .
... to prayers twice a - day . I say , it would look like a fable to report , that this gentleman gives . away all which is the overplus of a great fortune , by secret methods , to other men . If he has 30 30 No. 264 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... fable ; which is perfect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or less so . This action should have three qualifications in it ; First , It should be but one action ; Secondly , It should be an entire action ...
... fable ; which is perfect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or less so . This action should have three qualifications in it ; First , It should be but one action ; Secondly , It should be an entire action ...
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... fable ; though at the same time that great 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 ...
... fable ; though at the same time that great 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 ...
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... fable , and secondly the manners ; or , as we generally call them in English , the fable and the characters . Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote , in the multitude and variety of his characters . Every god that is ...
... fable , and secondly the manners ; or , as we generally call them in English , the fable and the characters . Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote , in the multitude and variety of his characters . Every god that is ...
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... fable was capable of receiving . The whole species of mankind was in two persons at the time to which the subject of his poem is confined . We have , how- ever , four distinct characters in these two persons . We see man and woman in ...
... fable was capable of receiving . The whole species of mankind was in two persons at the time to which the subject of his poem is confined . We have , how- ever , four distinct characters in these two persons . We see man and woman in ...
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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