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... genius in an author naturally elevated , but unrefined by the rules of art . Courage in the former is little more than brutality ; fublimity in the latter nothing but bombaft . LONGINUS Confutes the opinion of those , who think ...
... genius in an author naturally elevated , but unrefined by the rules of art . Courage in the former is little more than brutality ; fublimity in the latter nothing but bombaft . LONGINUS Confutes the opinion of those , who think ...
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... genius , which is esteemed little better than a Phaeton , who fets the world of literature on fire . Influenced however by the example of an- tiquity , a value fhould be fet , by modern opinion , upon poetical fuperiority . If a manly ...
... genius , which is esteemed little better than a Phaeton , who fets the world of literature on fire . Influenced however by the example of an- tiquity , a value fhould be fet , by modern opinion , upon poetical fuperiority . If a manly ...
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... genius , like the fun , fhed a more foftering radiance , where they fall in a direct courfe ; while their powers are gradually weakened with their obliquity . . Our author's comparison between DEMOS- THENES and HYPERIDES may be ...
... genius , like the fun , fhed a more foftering radiance , where they fall in a direct courfe ; while their powers are gradually weakened with their obliquity . . Our author's comparison between DEMOS- THENES and HYPERIDES may be ...
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admirable ÆNEAS Æneid ÆSCHYLUS affect againſt almoſt ANCHISES ancient ANTILOCHUS beauties becauſe beft beſt cenfure character characteriſtic cife compariſon compofition confideration conftitution conftruction critic defcribed DEMOSTHENES deſcription DIDO difpofition diſplay elegant ENEAS Engliſh epiſode eſtabliſhment eſteemed EURYTION excellent exertions expreffed expreffion facrifice fame fays fecond feems fent fentiment feveral fhall fhould fimilar firft firſt folemn fome former foul fpeech fpirit fubject fublimity fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior genius Grecian Greek hero HERODOTUS himſelf hiſtory HOMER honor Hyperbaton Iliad indulged inftance inſpired itſelf JOSEPH WARTON judgement laft laſt latter lefs leſs LONGINUS Lufus maſter ment merits MNESTHEUS moft moſt muft muſt nature NISUS numbers obferved occafion OVID paffage paffion perfons poet poetical poetry prefent racter reader reaſon reflection reprefented repreſentation Roman Section ſeems ſeveral ſpeaking ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation Trojan ufually unleſs uſed verfe verſes VIRGIL whofe whoſe words writer καὶ