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Page 169
... manner of exe- cution comes under it ; because the manner of execution is fubjected to general rules These rules refpect the things expreffed , as well as the language or expreffion ; which fuggefts a divifion of the prefent chapter ...
... manner of exe- cution comes under it ; because the manner of execution is fubjected to general rules These rules refpect the things expreffed , as well as the language or expreffion ; which fuggefts a divifion of the prefent chapter ...
Page 198
... manner of his friend : yet every one of taste must be fenfible , that the imitation , though fine , falls fhort of the original . In other inftan- ces , where Pope writes in his own style , the difference of manner is ftill more con ...
... manner of his friend : yet every one of taste must be fenfible , that the imitation , though fine , falls fhort of the original . In other inftan- ces , where Pope writes in his own style , the difference of manner is ftill more con ...
Page 235
... manners make but a poor figure in fuch a poem * . After * I would not from this obfervation be thought to underva- lue modern manners . The roughness , plainnefs , and impe- tuofity of ancient manners , may show better in an epic poem ...
... manners make but a poor figure in fuch a poem * . After * I would not from this obfervation be thought to underva- lue modern manners . The roughness , plainnefs , and impe- tuofity of ancient manners , may show better in an epic poem ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word