The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... sublime and celebrated reputation . Nay , it very often happens , that none are more industrious in pub- lishing the blemishes of an extraordinary reputation , than such as lie open to the same censures in their own characters , as ...
... sublime and celebrated reputation . Nay , it very often happens , that none are more industrious in pub- lishing the blemishes of an extraordinary reputation , than such as lie open to the same censures in their own characters , as ...
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... sublime . Virgil in this particu- lar falls short of Homer . He has not indeed so many thoughts that are low and vulgar ; but at the same time has not so many thoughts that are sublime and noble . The truth of it is , Virgil seldom ...
... sublime . Virgil in this particu- lar falls short of Homer . He has not indeed so many thoughts that are low and vulgar ; but at the same time has not so many thoughts that are sublime and noble . The truth of it is , Virgil seldom ...
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James Ferguson. the sublime , which are always to be pursued in an heroic poem , there are also two kinds of thoughts which are carefully to be avoided . The first are such as are affected and unnatural ; the second such as are mean and ...
James Ferguson. the sublime , which are always to be pursued in an heroic poem , there are also two kinds of thoughts which are carefully to be avoided . The first are such as are affected and unnatural ; the second such as are mean and ...
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... sublime . In pro- portion as either of these two qualities are wanting , the language is imperfect . Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification ; insomuch that a good - natured reader sometimes overlooks a little slip ...
... sublime . In pro- portion as either of these two qualities are wanting , the language is imperfect . Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification ; insomuch that a good - natured reader sometimes overlooks a little slip ...
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... themselves to the trouble of looking after such as would not only have been natural , but also elevated and sublime . Milton has but few failings in this kind , of which , however , you may meet with some 144 N ° 285 . SPECTATOR .
... themselves to the trouble of looking after such as would not only have been natural , but also elevated and sublime . Milton has but few failings in this kind , of which , however , you may meet with some 144 N ° 285 . SPECTATOR .
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Page 232 - OF man's first disobedience, and the fruit Of that forbidden tree, whose mortal taste Brought death into the world, and all our woe, With loss of Eden, till one greater Man Restore us, and regain the blissful seat, Sing, heavenly Muse...
Page 234 - Almighty hath not built Here for his envy, will not drive us hence: 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.
Page 343 - On our first father; half her swelling breast Naked met his under the flowing gold Of her loose tresses hid: he, in delight Both of her beauty and submissive charms, Smiled with superior love, as Jupiter On Juno smiles, when he impregns the clouds That shed May flowers...
Page 234 - 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...
Page 234 - 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.
Page 165 - And Adam lived an hundred and thirty years, and begat a son in his own likeness, after his image; and called his name Seth...
Page 344 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent, and thou the day...
Page 271 - To work in close design, by fraud or guile, What force effected not: that he no less At length from us may find, who overcomes By force hath overcome but half his foe. Space may produce new worlds...
Page 342 - So pass'd they naked on, nor shunn'd the sight Of God or Angel; for they thought no ill: So hand in hand they pass'd, the loveliest pair, That ever since in love's embraces met; Adam the goodliest man of men since born His sons, the fairest of her daughters Eve.
Page 60 - ¿Eneid also labours in this particular, and has episodes which may be looked upon as excrescences rather than as parts of the action. On the contrary, the poem which we have now under our consideration, hath no other episodes than such as naturally arise from the subject, and yet is filled with such a multitude of astonishing incidents...