Remarks on the Beauties of PoetryR. and J. Dodsley, 1762 - 123 páginas |
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... move always in a line ; * but , the Eagle , wonderful in his foarings , thews in his very ftoops the power of his wing . A poet , of a fuperior fpirit , muft have refources in the variety of his numb- ers . The flight of Satan , in ...
... move always in a line ; * but , the Eagle , wonderful in his foarings , thews in his very ftoops the power of his wing . A poet , of a fuperior fpirit , muft have refources in the variety of his numb- ers . The flight of Satan , in ...
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... move- ment of his numbers to the nature of thofe ideas he means to express . Afp . I HAVE heard , that there have been Philofophers who fuppofed that all the beauties in nature were produced by chance ; I fancy , they would not have ...
... move- ment of his numbers to the nature of thofe ideas he means to express . Afp . I HAVE heard , that there have been Philofophers who fuppofed that all the beauties in nature were produced by chance ; I fancy , they would not have ...
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... move- ment , the poet has at once guarded against a monotony , and enforced his ideas . Would you fee his artifice in its full light , let us follow him through a fucceffion of varied movements . Is there not fomething mourn- ful in the ...
... move- ment , the poet has at once guarded against a monotony , and enforced his ideas . Would you fee his artifice in its full light , let us follow him through a fucceffion of varied movements . Is there not fomething mourn- ful in the ...
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... move in the opening of this addrefs ? In the close , they fpring into a ftorm , and fweep all before them . Hor . I recollect , in Lear , a beautiful ex- ample of a most affecting transition in the found , correfponding with a sudden ...
... move in the opening of this addrefs ? In the close , they fpring into a ftorm , and fweep all before them . Hor . I recollect , in Lear , a beautiful ex- ample of a most affecting transition in the found , correfponding with a sudden ...
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... the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid fky ; Not half fo fwiftly the fierce eagle moves , When thro ' the clouds he drives the trembling doves . E 3 Windfor Foreft . I have I HAVE not met with any lines more at variance BEAUTIES OF POETRY .
... the fierce eagle cleaves the liquid fky ; Not half fo fwiftly the fierce eagle moves , When thro ' the clouds he drives the trembling doves . E 3 Windfor Foreft . I have I HAVE not met with any lines more at variance BEAUTIES OF POETRY .
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Afpafia againſt almoſt anſwers beauty becauſe blank verfe cauſe circumſtances compariſon confifts Conftance correfpond couplet courſe Cymbeline defcribe defign deſcription Dido diſtinction diſtinguiſh effect Eugenio example expreffion faid fame fays fecond feelings feem fenfe fentiment fhall fhould fimple firft firſt fleep fome foul fpecies fpirit fpring fubject fucceffion fuch fudden fuperior fupport furpriſe fyllable genius give greateſt Hamlet happineſs harmony heav'n himſelf ideas imagery images imitation impreffions itſelf laft laſt Loft meaſure metaphor monotony moſt movement mufic muft muſt nature neceffity nexion Novelty numbers obferve occafion Othello paffage paffion Painting pariſon pathetic paufes pauſe pleafing pleaſed pleaſure Poet poetic Poetry profaic reft reprefented reſpect rhyme rife ſay ſcene ſeem ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhe ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch thee thefe lines theſe lines thofe thoſe thou thro tion underſtand underſtood verfe verfification verſe weakneſs whofe Whoſe και
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Página 40 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Página 15 - Th' infernal Serpent ; he it was, whose guile Stirr'd up with Envy and Revenge, deceiv'd The Mother of Mankind, what time his Pride Had cast him out from Heav'n, with all his Host Of Rebel Angels, by whose aid aspiring To set himself in Glory...
Página 73 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 77 - You may shape, Amintor, Causes to cozen the whole world withal, And yourself too ; but 'tis not like a friend To hide your soul from me. 'Tis not your nature To be thus idle : I have seen you stand As you were blasted 'midst of all your mirth ; Call thrice aloud, and then start, feigning joy So coldly ! — World, what do I here ? a friend Is nothing.
Página 13 - Of night's extended shade, from eastern point Of Libra to the fleecy star that bears Andromeda far off Atlantic seas. Beyond the horizon : then from pole to pole He views in breadth, and without longer pause Down right into the world's first region throws His flight precipitant, and winds with ease Through the pure marble air his oblique way Amongst innumerable stars, that shone Stars distant, but nigh hand seem'd other worlds ; Or other worlds they seem'd, or happy isles...
Página 7 - That, chang'd thro' all, and yet in all the same, Great in the earth, as in th' ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees, Lives thro
Página 87 - Now entertain conjecture of a time, When creeping murmur, and the poring dark, Fills the wide vessel of the universe. From camp to camp, through the foul womb of night, The hum of either army stilly sounds, That the fix'd sentinels almost receive The secret whispers of each other's watch...
Página 123 - In thefe principles, and in the examples by which they have been fupported, we fee clearly the reafon why every enlightened age has had, and muft continue to have, its original Writers. We have no right, therefore, to complain that nature is always the fame, or that the fources of novelty have been exhaufted. It is in Poetry as in Philofophy, new relations are ftruck out, new influences difcovered, and every fuperior genius moves in a world of his own.
Página 55 - The downy feather, on the cordage hung, Moves not; the flat sea shines like yellow gold, Fus'd in the fire ; or like the marble floor 'Of some old temple wide. But where...
Página 68 - But immediately after this the poet adds, For works may have more wit than does 'em good. Now let us substitute the definition in the place of the thing, and it will stand thus: A work may have more of nature dressed to advantage, than will do it good.