The Art of Poetry on a New Plan, Volume 2Gregg, 1969 - Poetry |
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... fable be spiritless and barren of in- vention , the attention will be difingaged , and the moral , however useful and important in itfelf , will be little regarded . . There muft likewise be a juftness and propriety in the fable , that ...
... fable be spiritless and barren of in- vention , the attention will be difingaged , and the moral , however useful and important in itfelf , will be little regarded . . There muft likewise be a juftness and propriety in the fable , that ...
Page 166
... Fable , Manners , Sentiments , and Diction . The Fable is of Tragedy the end , To which the grand defign does wholly tend . The Poet here employs his care and art To move the paffions , and incline the heart : But if , in labour'd Acts ...
... Fable , Manners , Sentiments , and Diction . The Fable is of Tragedy the end , To which the grand defign does wholly tend . The Poet here employs his care and art To move the paffions , and incline the heart : But if , in labour'd Acts ...
Page 334
... fable is not broken off abruptly , but , like that of the Odyssey , spun out to the laft . He does not conclude , or part with Adam and Eve , till they are driven out of Paradise , and the whole action is completed ; whereas the Iliad ...
... fable is not broken off abruptly , but , like that of the Odyssey , spun out to the laft . He does not conclude , or part with Adam and Eve , till they are driven out of Paradise , and the whole action is completed ; whereas the Iliad ...
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abfurd Achilles action Æneid againſt Agamemnon alfo allegory alſo beautiful becauſe breaſt characters death defcription defign Dido Eneas Epic Epic Poetry ev'ry exprefs eyes fable facred faid fame fate fatire feems feen fenfe fentiments fhades fhall fhew fhould fide fight fince fire firft flain fome fong foon forrow foul ftate ftill fubject fublime fuch fuppofe gods Grecian Greece Guife heart heav'n Hector hero himſelf Homer honour Iliad Jove juft juſt king laft lefs manner meaſure mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature numbers o'er obferved occafion paffage paffions Patroclus perfons Pindar pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poem poet poetry pow'r prefent Priam prince profe purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reft reprefented rife Satan ſhall ſhe ſkies ſpeak ſpirit ſtate tears thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thro Trojan Troy Ulyffes uſe Virgil virtue whofe whoſe Xerxes