An inquiry into the nature and extent of poetick licence, by N.A. Vigors, jun. esq1810 |
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... epical character , is an assumption which might be confirmed , and exemplified , by an appeal to that exquisite specimen , which the authour in question has given of his powers in ge- nuine epical poetry . On reducing the question to ...
... epical character , is an assumption which might be confirmed , and exemplified , by an appeal to that exquisite specimen , which the authour in question has given of his powers in ge- nuine epical poetry . On reducing the question to ...
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... epical character . And this notion properly followed up will eventually establish the conclusion of Tasso , and annihilate the force of the exception brought against it from fictitious history . That the want of dignity in the ...
... epical character . And this notion properly followed up will eventually establish the conclusion of Tasso , and annihilate the force of the exception brought against it from fictitious history . That the want of dignity in the ...
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... epical compositions ; and which is a plan of that kind alone that wè can find time to comprehend , from having our attention divided among other and in- teresting considerations . The poet being thus excluded from sus- taining the ...
... epical compositions ; and which is a plan of that kind alone that wè can find time to comprehend , from having our attention divided among other and in- teresting considerations . The poet being thus excluded from sus- taining the ...
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... epical plan : and they imperatively require , that the subject should be constructed on some occurrence of more than ordinary importance ; in the completion of which the production should find its termination . In the state of calm and ...
... epical plan : and they imperatively require , that the subject should be constructed on some occurrence of more than ordinary importance ; in the completion of which the production should find its termination . In the state of calm and ...
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... epical poetry ; and that a subject consisting of them must be wholly excluded from its composition . Nor can it be deemed unnecessary or superfluous to have reduced the points under discussion to this explicit statement , however it may ...
... epical poetry ; and that a subject consisting of them must be wholly excluded from its composition . Nor can it be deemed unnecessary or superfluous to have reduced the points under discussion to this explicit statement , however it may ...
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Página 284 - Be lion-mettled, proud and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.
Página 267 - Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of? The. More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.
Página 292 - We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss. Not cast aside so soon.
Página 290 - Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
Página 288 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good : If ill, why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Página 202 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan ; and the land was defiled with blood.
Página 296 - With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed: Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life , which must not yield To one of woman born.
Página 290 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Página 228 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Página 296 - That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.