An inquiry into the nature and extent of poetick licence, by N.A. Vigors, jun. esq1810 |
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... marvellous . On these conside- rations , it seems expedient to ground the following distribution of these inquiries . Sect . I. Of Incidents , real and probable . Sect . II . Of Incidents , marvellous and fanciful . Sect . III . Of ...
... marvellous . On these conside- rations , it seems expedient to ground the following distribution of these inquiries . Sect . I. Of Incidents , real and probable . Sect . II . Of Incidents , marvellous and fanciful . Sect . III . Of ...
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... marvellous or true , necessarily determines the character of the production as romantick , historical , or mixed . In this view , it may be considered as forming an episodical part of the higher compositions , and consequently , as ...
... marvellous or true , necessarily determines the character of the production as romantick , historical , or mixed . In this view , it may be considered as forming an episodical part of the higher compositions , and consequently , as ...
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... marvellous epos ; and which , by engrossing the mind , leave it in- sensible to the violence which is offered to its received notions , when striking facts are misrepresented or altered . These considerations on the serious cha- racter ...
... marvellous epos ; and which , by engrossing the mind , leave it in- sensible to the violence which is offered to its received notions , when striking facts are misrepresented or altered . These considerations on the serious cha- racter ...
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... marvellous . Fiction is , under its most fascinating appear- ance , of a rare and subtle nature ; it may be rendered at once beautiful and considerable , from the extent to which it may be drawn out , and the exility with which it may ...
... marvellous . Fiction is , under its most fascinating appear- ance , of a rare and subtle nature ; it may be rendered at once beautiful and considerable , from the extent to which it may be drawn out , and the exility with which it may ...
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... marvellous in the composition of poetry . I shall therefore dismiss it for the present with a single re- mark . The more important incidents being thus derived from fiction , they afford the poet an opportunity of varying them by every ...
... marvellous in the composition of poetry . I shall therefore dismiss it for the present with a single re- mark . The more important incidents being thus derived from fiction , they afford the poet an opportunity of varying them by every ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
action admit adopted Æneid afford agery allegorical appear Ariosto Aristotle authority believe Cæsar Camoens Cant censure characters circumstance conduct consideration credulity critick dæmon defence deities delight deviation drama dramatick ductions effect embellishment emotions epical epick poetry epopee epos equally evident excite existence fable fact fanciful feelings fictions fictitious former give Gothick gratification Henriade historick Iliad importance improbability inci incidents inquiries interest introduced ject Jupiter justified liberty Lucan Lusiad MACB Macbeth machinery marvellous imagery ment merely Metastasio mind narration nature notions object observed occurrence opinion Orlando Furioso Pagan particular passions pleasure Pluto poem poet poet's poetical composition poetical romance Poetick Licence possess preternatural principle probability productions racters reader reality reason remark representation respect romantick rusal seems sense sentiments Shakespeare shewn species of composition superiour superstitions Tasso thane thou tical tion tragedy truth verisimilitude Voltaire witches δε εν τε
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Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 296 - That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.