The British Essayists;: SpectatorJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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Pàgina 63
... Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Ho- race has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that ...
... Homer , to preserve the unity of his action , hastens into the midst of things , as Ho- race has observed . Had he gone up to Leda's egg , or begun much later , even at the rape of Helen , or the investing of Troy , it is manifest that ...
Pàgina 64
... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the unity of his fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endea- vours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of ...
... Homer has nothing to boast of as to the unity of his fable , though at the same time that great critic and philosopher endea- vours to palliate this imperfection in the Greek poet , by imputing it in some measure to the very nature of ...
Pàgina 67
... Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their country by it . But as for Milton , he had not only a very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem , but was also ...
... Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of offending the religion of their country by it . But as for Milton , he had not only a very few circumstances upon which to raise his poem , but was also ...
Pàgina 90
... Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters , Every god that is admitted into his poem , acts a part which would have been suitable to no other deity . His princes are as much ...
... Homer has excelled all the heroic poets that ever wrote in the multitude and variety of his characters , Every god that is admitted into his poem , acts a part which would have been suitable to no other deity . His princes are as much ...
Pàgina 91
... Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a person who had lived thrice the age of man , and con- versed with Theseus , Hercules ...
... Homer does not only outshine all other poets in the variety , but also in the novelty of his characters . He has introduced among his Grecian princes a person who had lived thrice the age of man , and con- versed with Theseus , Hercules ...
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Pàgina 236 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Pàgina 238 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: Here we may reign secure: and in my choice. To reign is worth ambition, though in hell ; Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
Pàgina 238 - Their dread commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Pàgina 242 - Anon, out of the earth a fabric huge Rose like an exhalation, with the sound Of dulcet symphonies and voices sweet, Built like a temple...
Pàgina 275 - Heaven that He ere long Intended to create, and therein plant A generation, whom his choice regard Should favour equal to the Sons of Heaven. Thither, if but to pry, shall be perhaps Our first eruption — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Pàgina 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Pàgina 237 - Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe. His spear, to equal which the tallest pine Hewn on Norwegian hills, to be the mast Of some great ammiral, were but a wand...
Pàgina 239 - To speak ; whereat their doubled ranks they bend From wing to wing, and half enclose him round With all his peers : attention held them mute. Thrice he assay'd, and thrice, in spite of scorn, Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth : at last Words interwove with sighs found out their way.
Pàgina 237 - He scarce had ceased, when the superior fiend Was moving toward the shore ; his ponderous shield, Ethereal temper, massy, large, and round, Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views At evening from the top of Fesole Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Pàgina 242 - Awaiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose : he through the armed files Darts his experienced eye, and soon traverse The whole battalion views, their order due, * Their visages and stature as of gods ; Their number last he sums. And now his heart Distends with pride, and hardening in his strength Glories...