The Spectator: no. 252-321; Dec. 19, 1711-Mar. 8, 1712George Atherton Aitken John C. Nimmo, 1898 |
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... Iliad or Æneid , in the beauties which are essential to that kind of writing . The first thing to be considered in an epic poem is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or less so ...
... Iliad or Æneid , in the beauties which are essential to that kind of writing . The first thing to be considered in an epic poem is the fable , which is perfect or imperfect according as the action which it relates is more or less so ...
Side 82
... Iliad , as liable to any censure in this particular ; but I think we may say , without derogating from those ... Iliad and that of the AEneid were in themselves exceeding short , but are so beautifully 1 Æneid , v .; Iliad , xxiii . 2 ...
... Iliad , as liable to any censure in this particular ; but I think we may say , without derogating from those ... Iliad and that of the AEneid were in themselves exceeding short , but are so beautifully 1 Æneid , v .; Iliad , xxiii . 2 ...
Side 83
... Iliad and Æneid were built , had more circumstances in them than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Besides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of ...
... Iliad and Æneid were built , had more circumstances in them than the history of the Fall of Man , as it is related in Scripture . Besides , it was easier for Homer and Virgil to dash the truth with fiction , as they were in no danger of ...
Side 108
... Iliad which the reader may not ascribe to the person that speaks or acts , without seeing his name at the head of it ... ( Iliad , i . 247–265 ) . 2 Offspring ' ( folio ) . 3 Not to mention the son of Aurora , who has ' ( folio ) . 4 Iliad ...
... Iliad which the reader may not ascribe to the person that speaks or acts , without seeing his name at the head of it ... ( Iliad , i . 247–265 ) . 2 Offspring ' ( folio ) . 3 Not to mention the son of Aurora , who has ' ( folio ) . 4 Iliad ...
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... Iliad . 2 If we look into the characters of Milton , we shall find that he has introduced all the variety his poem was capable of receiving . The whole species of mankind was in two persons at the time to which the subject of his poem ...
... Iliad . 2 If we look into the characters of Milton , we shall find that he has introduced all the variety his poem was capable of receiving . The whole species of mankind was in two persons at the time to which the subject of his poem ...
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acquaintance action Adam and Eve ADDISON admired Æneid agreeable angels appear Aristotle beauty behaviour character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances Covent Garden creature critics desire discourse dress endeavour Enville epic poem fable fame father fault favour folio issue fortune gentleman give grace greatest happiness head heart heaven Homer honour hope humble Servant humour husband Ibid Iliad innocent John Hughes Julius Cæsar kind lady letter lived look MADAM mankind manner marriage Milton mind mistress nature never obliged observed occasion opinion Ovid paper Paradise Lost particular passion perfect person pleased pleasure poet poetry pray present prince proper racters reader reason Satan sentiments speak SPECTATOR speech spirit STEELE sublime Tatler tell Thammuz things thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words write young
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Side 265 - 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 assayed, and thrice in spite of scorn, Tears, such as Angels weep, burst forth...
Side 263 - 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...
Side 374 - For contemplation he and valour formed, For softness she and sweet attractive grace; He for God only, she for God in him.
Side 266 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties all a summer's day, While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Side 302 - 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...
Side 267 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Side 263 - 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.
Side 9 - Though oft the ear the open vowels tire; While expletives their feeble aid do join; And ten low words oft creep in one dull line: While they ring round the same unvaried chimes With sure returns of still expected rhymes: Where'er you find "the cooling western breeze...
Side 143 - To entertain them fair with open front And breast (what could we more ?) propounded terms Of composition, straight they...
Side 264 - 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.