The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an Index, and Explanatory Notes, Volums 7-8J. Crissy, 1838 |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 70.
Pàgina 11
... poem's finely writ ; It must affect and captivate the soul . ROSCOMMON . THOSE Who know how many volumes have been written on the poems of Homer and Virgil , will easily pardon the length of my discourse upon Milton . The Paradise Lost ...
... poem's finely writ ; It must affect and captivate the soul . ROSCOMMON . THOSE Who know how many volumes have been written on the poems of Homer and Virgil , will easily pardon the length of my discourse upon Milton . The Paradise Lost ...
Pàgina 12
... poem , I have not bound myself scrupulously to the rules which any one of them has laid down upon that art , but have taken the liberty some- times to join with one and sometimes with ano- ther , and sometimes to differ from all of them ...
... poem , I have not bound myself scrupulously to the rules which any one of them has laid down upon that art , but have taken the liberty some- times to join with one and sometimes with ano- ther , and sometimes to differ from all of them ...
Pàgina 13
... poem . I must further add , that though the drawings of gardens , rivers , rainbows , and the like dead pieces of nature , are justly censured in a heroic poem , when they run out into an unnecessary length , the description of Paradise ...
... poem . I must further add , that though the drawings of gardens , rivers , rainbows , and the like dead pieces of nature , are justly censured in a heroic poem , when they run out into an unnecessary length , the description of Paradise ...
Pàgina 14
... poem . The evil spirit afterwards proceeds to make his discoveries concerning our first parents , and to learn after what manner they may be best attacked . His bounding over the walls of Paradise ; his sitting in the shape of a ...
... poem . The evil spirit afterwards proceeds to make his discoveries concerning our first parents , and to learn after what manner they may be best attacked . His bounding over the walls of Paradise ; his sitting in the shape of a ...
Pàgina 16
... poets . But this I may reserve for a dis- course by itself , because I would not break the thread of these speculations , that are designed for English readers , with such reflections as would be of no use but to the learned . I must ...
... poets . But this I may reserve for a dis- course by itself , because I would not break the thread of these speculations , that are designed for English readers , with such reflections as would be of no use but to the learned . I must ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an ..., Volums 7-8 Visualització completa - 1841 |
The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an ..., Volums 7-8 Visualització completa - 1840 |
The Spectator: With Sketches of the Lives of the Authors, an ..., Volums 7-8 Visualització de fragments - 1853 |
Frases i termes més freqüents
acquaintance action Adam Adam and Eve ADDISON Æneas Æneid agreeable angels appear APRIL 24 Aurengzebe bagnio beautiful behaviour behold Callisthenes character cheerfulness circumstances colours consider creature Cynthio dæmon daugh death delight discourse DRYDEN earth endeavour entertainment eyes fancy genius gentleman give grace hand happy heart heaven Homer honour humble servant ideas Iliad imagination innocence Jupiter kind lady letter live look looking-glass mankind manner Menippus Milton mind Mohocks nature never night obliged observed occasion Ovid paper Paradise Paradise Lost particular passage passion Paul Lorrain person pleased pleasure poem poet poetry proper racter reader reason received says sight Sir Roger soul speak SPECTATOR spirit STEELE take notice tell thee thing thou thought tion told town ture Turnus VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words writ writing yard land young