The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets, 1: With Critical Observations on Their Works, Volum 1W.R. McPhun, 1839 |
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... Euripides is , by mr . Cradock's kindness , now in my hands : the margin is sometimes noted ; but I have found nothing remarkable . Of the English poets , he set most value upon Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cowley . Spenser was apparently ...
... Euripides is , by mr . Cradock's kindness , now in my hands : the margin is sometimes noted ; but I have found nothing remarkable . Of the English poets , he set most value upon Spenser , Shakspeare , and Cowley . Spenser was apparently ...
Pàgina 113
... Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repeti- tions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not under- stood ; and why should Milton wish or want to hear them so often ? These ...
... Euripides , by having often read them . Yet here incredulity is ready to make a stand . Many repeti- tions are necessary to fix in the memory lines not under- stood ; and why should Milton wish or want to hear them so often ? These ...
Pàgina 131
... Euripides , we see death , brought upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of sin and death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of death , and may be ...
... Euripides , we see death , brought upon the stage , all as active persons of the drama ; but no precedents can justify absurdity . Milton's allegory of sin and death is undoubtedly faulty . Sin is indeed the mother of death , and may be ...
Pàgina 328
... Euripides ' example ; but joy may be raised too , and that doubly , either by seeing a wicked man punished , or a good man at last fortunate ; or perhaps indignation , to see wickedness prosperous , and goodness depressed : both these ...
... Euripides ' example ; but joy may be raised too , and that doubly , either by seeing a wicked man punished , or a good man at last fortunate ; or perhaps indignation , to see wickedness prosperous , and goodness depressed : both these ...
Pàgina 329
... Euripides , as in Shakspeare and Fletcher ; only they are more adapted to those ends of tragedy which Aristotle commends to us , pity and terror . " The manners flow from the characters , and consequently must partake of their ...
... Euripides , as in Shakspeare and Fletcher ; only they are more adapted to those ends of tragedy which Aristotle commends to us , pity and terror . " The manners flow from the characters , and consequently must partake of their ...
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