The British Essayists, Zväzok 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... words have no sense or meaning ; to say it shorter , mere musical sounds in our art are no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Music there- fore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have some passion or ...
... words have no sense or meaning ; to say it shorter , mere musical sounds in our art are no other than nonsense verses are in poetry . Music there- fore is to aggravate what is intended by poetry ; it must always have some passion or ...
Strana 112
... sentiments , I shall say nothing more to it at present . I was also offended at a small patch she wore on her breast , which I cannot suppose is placed there with any good design . Her necklace was of an immoderate length , being tied ...
... sentiments , I shall say nothing more to it at present . I was also offended at a small patch she wore on her breast , which I cannot suppose is placed there with any good design . Her necklace was of an immoderate length , being tied ...
Strana 118
... sentiments in an epic poem are the thoughts and behaviour which the author ascribes to the per- sons whom he introduces , and are just when they are conformable to the characters of the several persons . The sentiments have likewise a ...
... sentiments in an epic poem are the thoughts and behaviour which the author ascribes to the per- sons whom he introduces , and are just when they are conformable to the characters of the several persons . The sentiments have likewise a ...
Strana 119
... sentiments , which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius . Besides , if there are blemishes in any particular thoughts , there is an infinite beauty in the greatest part of them . In short , if there are many poets ...
... sentiments , which now appears in the works of men of a much inferior genius . Besides , if there are blemishes in any particular thoughts , there is an infinite beauty in the greatest part of them . In short , if there are many poets ...
Strana 120
... sentiments , where he is not fired by the Iliad . He every where charms and pleases us by the force of his own genius ; but seldom elevates and transports us where he does not fetch his hints from Homer . Milton's chief talent , and ...
... sentiments , where he is not fired by the Iliad . He every where charms and pleases us by the force of his own genius ; but seldom elevates and transports us where he does not fetch his hints from Homer . Milton's chief talent , and ...
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acquainted action Adam and Eve admirer Æneid agreeable appear Aristotle beauty behaviour cerned character CHARLES DIEUPART circumstances consider creature critics desire discourse dress endeavoured entertainment Enville epic poem eyes fable fame faults favour FEBRUARY 12 female fortune give greatest Greek happy head heart heaven Homer honour hope humble servant humour Iliad infernal innocent JANUARY 21 Julius Cæsar kind lady language late letter lived look lover mankind manner marriage Milton mind mistress Moloch nature never obliged observed occasion OVID Pandæmonium paper Paradise Lost particular pass passage passion perfect person pin-money pleased pleasure poet pray present proper racters reader reason reflection sentiments shew speak SPECTATOR spirit tell Thammuz thing thought tion told town turn VIRG Virgil virtue whole woman words young
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Strana 238 - 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.
Strana 275 - 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 — thither, or elsewhere; For this infernal pit shall never hold Celestial Spirits in bondage, nor th' Abyss Long under darkness cover.
Strana 237 - In billows, leave i' the midst a horrid vale. Then with expanded wings he steers his flight Aloft, incumbent on the dusky air That felt unusual weight, till on dry land He lights, if it were land that ever...
Strana 242 - A shout, that tore Hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of Chaos and old Night. All in a moment through the gloom were seen Ten thousand banners rise into the air...
Strana 238 - Hail, horrors! hail, Infernal world! And thou, profoundest Hell, Receive thy new possessor! one who brings A mind not to be changed by place or time!
Strana 123 - For joy of offer'd peace : but I suppose, If our proposals once again were heard, We should compel them to a quick result.
Strana 237 - Abject and lost lay these, covering the flood Under amazement of their hideous change. He call'd so loud that all the hollow deep Of Hell resounded.
Strana 151 - But first, whom shall we send In search of this new world ? whom shall we find Sufficient ? who shall tempt with wandering feet The dark, unbottom'd, infinite abyss, And through the palpable obscure find out His uncouth way...
Strana 240 - 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...
Strana 238 - 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...