Criticism on Milton's Paradise Lost : from The Spectator, 31 December 1711-3 May 1712Constable, 1868 - 152 |
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Strona 45
... speak himself , but throw as much of his Work as he can into the Mouths of those who are his Principal Actors . Ariftotle has given no Reason for this Precept ; but I presume it is because the Mind of the Reader is more awed and ...
... speak himself , but throw as much of his Work as he can into the Mouths of those who are his Principal Actors . Ariftotle has given no Reason for this Precept ; but I presume it is because the Mind of the Reader is more awed and ...
Strona 46
... speak as little as poffible , he should certainly never let his Narration fleep for the fake of any Reflections of his own . I have often ob- ferved , with a secret Admiration , that the longest Re- flection in the Æneid is in that ...
... speak as little as poffible , he should certainly never let his Narration fleep for the fake of any Reflections of his own . I have often ob- ferved , with a secret Admiration , that the longest Re- flection in the Æneid is in that ...
Strona 47
... speaking of the Pigmies , he calls them . Warr'd on by Cranes- The fmall Infantry Another Blemish that appears in fome of his Thoughts , is his frequent Allusion to Heathen Fables , which are not certainly of a Piece with the Divine ...
... speaking of the Pigmies , he calls them . Warr'd on by Cranes- The fmall Infantry Another Blemish that appears in fome of his Thoughts , is his frequent Allusion to Heathen Fables , which are not certainly of a Piece with the Divine ...
Strona 59
... speak and act . As the Poet very much excels in this Consistency . of his Characters , I fhall beg leave to consider several Paffages of the Second Book in this Light . That fuperior Greatness and Mock - Majefty , which is afcribed to ...
... speak and act . As the Poet very much excels in this Consistency . of his Characters , I fhall beg leave to consider several Paffages of the Second Book in this Light . That fuperior Greatness and Mock - Majefty , which is afcribed to ...
Strona 62
... speak . He acts as a kind of Moderator between the two oppofite Parties , and proposes a third Undertaking , which the whole Affembly gives into . The Motion he makes of detaching one of their Body in search of a new World is grounded ...
... speak . He acts as a kind of Moderator between the two oppofite Parties , and proposes a third Undertaking , which the whole Affembly gives into . The Motion he makes of detaching one of their Body in search of a new World is grounded ...
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Action Adam Adam and Eve Æneas Æneid Allegory alſo Angels appear Ariftotle aſtoniſhing Author Battel beautiful becauſe Characters Circumſtances Converſation Creation Criticiſm Criticks deſcribed Deſcription Deſign Difcourfe diſcover Divine Earth Eneid Epic Poem Epic Poetry Epiſode Expreffion Fable fame fecond feems felf feveral fhall fhew fhort firft Firſt Book firſt Parents fome fuch fufficient fuitable give greateſt Greatneſs Heaven Hell Heroic Poem himſelf Hiſtory Homer Iliad Imagination Infernal Inftances juſt laſt likewiſe Majefty Mankind Maſter meaſure Meffiah Milton Mind moſt muſt Nature noble obferved occafion Ovid Paffage paffed Paffion Paper Paradife Loft particular Paſſage Perfons pleaſed Pleaſure Poet Poetical Poetry preſent racters raiſed Reader Reaſon repreſented rifes riſes ſame Satan ſee ſelf Sentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpeak SPECTATOR Speech Spirit ſtill Sublime ſuch take notice thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe Thoughts tion uſe Verſe Virgil Viſion wherein whole Poem