The Spectator: ...Phil. Crampton, 1737 |
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Página 171
... Such Allegories rather favour of the Spirit of Spenfer and Ariofto , than of Homer and Virgil . In the Structure of his Poem he has likewife admitted of too many Digreffions . It is finely obferved by Arif- totle , that the Author of an ...
... Such Allegories rather favour of the Spirit of Spenfer and Ariofto , than of Homer and Virgil . In the Structure of his Poem he has likewife admitted of too many Digreffions . It is finely obferved by Arif- totle , that the Author of an ...
Página 180
... such an one com- manded in fuch a Sea Engagement , that their Great Grandfather had a Horfe fhot under him at Edge - hill , that their Uncle was at the Siege of Buda , and that her Mother danced in a Ball at Court with the Duke of ...
... such an one com- manded in fuch a Sea Engagement , that their Great Grandfather had a Horfe fhot under him at Edge - hill , that their Uncle was at the Siege of Buda , and that her Mother danced in a Ball at Court with the Duke of ...
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... Such of the Sex as are raw and inno- cent , and most exposed to these Attacks , have , or their • Parents are much to blame if they have not , one to ad- • vife and guard ' em , and are obliged themselves to take Care of ' em ; but if ...
... Such of the Sex as are raw and inno- cent , and most exposed to these Attacks , have , or their • Parents are much to blame if they have not , one to ad- • vife and guard ' em , and are obliged themselves to take Care of ' em ; but if ...
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... more , were he to form the Notion of a Being to whom he would recommend himself , than fuch a Knowledge as can discover the leaft Appearance of Per- B 4 fection fection in him , and such a Goodness as will No. 257. The SPECTATOR . 23.
... more , were he to form the Notion of a Being to whom he would recommend himself , than fuch a Knowledge as can discover the leaft Appearance of Per- B 4 fection fection in him , and such a Goodness as will No. 257. The SPECTATOR . 23.
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... fection in him , and such a Goodness as will proportion a Reward to it ? LET the ambitious Man therefore turn all his Defire of Fame this Way ; and , that he may propose to him- felf a Fame worthy of his Ambition , let him confider ...
... fection in him , and such a Goodness as will proportion a Reward to it ? LET the ambitious Man therefore turn all his Defire of Fame this Way ; and , that he may propose to him- felf a Fame worthy of his Ambition , let him confider ...
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Página 199 - A shout that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night.
Página 101 - The sentiments in an epic poem are the thoughts and behaviour which the author ascribes to the persons whom he introduces, and are...
Página 125 - ... as created beings ; and that, in the other, Adam and Eve are confounded with their sons and daughters. Such little...
Página 194 - Moses in those books from whence our author drew his subject, and to the Holy Spirit who is therein represented as operating after a particular manner in the first production of nature.
Página 132 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Página 201 - In short, if we look into the conduct of Homer, Virgil, and Milton, as the great fable is the soul of each poem, so to give their works an agreeable variety, their episodes are so many short fables, and their similes so many short episodes ; to which you may add, if you please, that their metaphors are so many short similes.
Página 104 - I may also add, of that which he described, than to any imperfection in that divine poet.
Página 250 - Providence with respect to man. He has represented all the abstruse doctrines of predestination, freewill and grace, as also the great points of incarnation and redemption, (which naturally grow up in a poem that treats of the fall of man) with great energy of expression, and in a clearer and stronger light than I ever met with in any other writer.
Página 197 - The catalogue of evil spirits has abundance of learning in it, and a very agreeable turn of poetry, which rises in a great measure from its describing the places where they were worshipped, by those beautiful marks of rivers, so frequent among the ancient poets. The author had doubtless in this place Homer's catalogue of ships, and Virgil's list of warriors, in his view. The characters of Moloch and Belial...
Página 198 - Lucian relates concerning this river, viz. that this stream, at certain seasons of the year, especially about the feast of Adonis, is of a bloody colour ; •which the heathens looked upon as proceeding from a kind of sympathy in the river for the death of Adonis, who was killed by a wild boar in the mountains out of which this stream rises.