Elements of Criticism, Volume 2John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 |
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Page 369
... vices , unà undique circum Fundimur , et telo lumen terebramus acuto Ingens , quod torva folum fub fronte latebat . Eneid . lib . iii . 613 . CHAP . 370 CHAP . XXII . EPIC AND DRAMATIC COMPOSITION . Ch . XXI . 369 DESCRIPTION .
... vices , unà undique circum Fundimur , et telo lumen terebramus acuto Ingens , quod torva folum fub fronte latebat . Eneid . lib . iii . 613 . CHAP . 370 CHAP . XXII . EPIC AND DRAMATIC COMPOSITION . Ch . XXI . 369 DESCRIPTION .
Page 370
Lord Henry Home Kames. 370 CHAP . XXII . EPIC AND DRAMATIC COMPOSITION . TRA RAGEDY differs not from the epic in fub- ftance : in both the fame ends are pursued , namely , inftruction and amusement ; and in both the fame mean is employed ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. 370 CHAP . XXII . EPIC AND DRAMATIC COMPOSITION . TRA RAGEDY differs not from the epic in fub- ftance : in both the fame ends are pursued , namely , inftruction and amusement ; and in both the fame mean is employed ...
Page 373
... but the bulk of thefe collections convey no inftruction , nor afford any amufement beyond what a child . receives in reading an ordinary story . : caufe , may afford a leffon , upon the prefumption Ch . XXII . 373 COMPOSITIONS .
... but the bulk of thefe collections convey no inftruction , nor afford any amufement beyond what a child . receives in reading an ordinary story . : caufe , may afford a leffon , upon the prefumption Ch . XXII . 373 COMPOSITIONS .
Page 375
... epic poetry * . I * In Racine tender fentiments prevail ; in Corneille , grand and heroic manners . Hence clearly the preference of the former I have no occafion to fay more upon the epic Ch . XXII . 375 COMPOSITIONS .
... epic poetry * . I * In Racine tender fentiments prevail ; in Corneille , grand and heroic manners . Hence clearly the preference of the former I have no occafion to fay more upon the epic Ch . XXII . 375 COMPOSITIONS .
Page 377
... of fome wrong bias in the temper , every spectator who is confcious of fuch a bias in himself , takes the alarm , and dreads his falling in- VOL . II . B b to to the fame misfortune : and by the emotion of Ch . XXII . 377 COMPOSITION S.
... of fome wrong bias in the temper , every spectator who is confcious of fuch a bias in himself , takes the alarm , and dreads his falling in- VOL . II . B b to to the fame misfortune : and by the emotion of Ch . XXII . 377 COMPOSITION S.
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