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... representation may be agreeable in fome measure upon a principle of justice : but it will not move our pity ; or any degree of ter- ror , except in thofe of the fame vicious difpo- fition with the perfon reprefented . His last ...
... representation may be agreeable in fome measure upon a principle of justice : but it will not move our pity ; or any degree of ter- ror , except in thofe of the fame vicious difpo- fition with the perfon reprefented . His last ...
Page 274
... representation is fufpended , we can with the greatest facility fuppofe any length of time or any change of place . The fpecta- tor , it is true , may be conscious , that the real time and place are not the same with what are employ'd ...
... representation is fufpended , we can with the greatest facility fuppofe any length of time or any change of place . The fpecta- tor , it is true , may be conscious , that the real time and place are not the same with what are employ'd ...
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... representation support each other delightfully the impreffion made upon the audience by the representation , is a fine preparation for the mufic that fucceeds ; and the impreffion made by the mufic , is a fine preparation for the ...
... representation support each other delightfully the impreffion made upon the audience by the representation , is a fine preparation for the mufic that fucceeds ; and the impreffion made by the mufic , is a fine preparation for the ...
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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