An inquiry into the nature and extent of poetick licence, by N.A. Vigors, jun. esq1810 |
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... practice , as well as with that of every artist who may undertake to describe the same circumstance . In a word , the apparent force of both hypotheses may be not merely explained away ; but both may be reduced under the more ...
... practice , as well as with that of every artist who may undertake to describe the same circumstance . In a word , the apparent force of both hypotheses may be not merely explained away ; but both may be reduced under the more ...
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... for a rigid adherence to reality , appear rather to merit applause than to need justification . Nor am I of opinion , that their practice in construct- ing their works with that historick fidelity which we discover 34.
... for a rigid adherence to reality , appear rather to merit applause than to need justification . Nor am I of opinion , that their practice in construct- ing their works with that historick fidelity which we discover 34.
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... for a rigid adherence to reality , appear rather to merit applause than to need justification . Nor am I of opinion , that their practice in construct- ing their works with that historick fidelity which we discover 31.
... for a rigid adherence to reality , appear rather to merit applause than to need justification . Nor am I of opinion , that their practice in construct- ing their works with that historick fidelity which we discover 31.
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... practice of Homer . The passage to which I allude , draws a line of distinction between the sepa- rate provinces of the poet and the historian . " And of its influence in producing these cen- sures upon Lucan , the last mentioned au ...
... practice of Homer . The passage to which I allude , draws a line of distinction between the sepa- rate provinces of the poet and the historian . " And of its influence in producing these cen- sures upon Lucan , the last mentioned au ...
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... practice of the other , or by any rule deducible from it , is to measure him , not so much by an authority which he has no right to acknowledge , as by a standard which possesses no scale to ap- preciate his merits or defects . Far am I ...
... practice of the other , or by any rule deducible from it , is to measure him , not so much by an authority which he has no right to acknowledge , as by a standard which possesses no scale to ap- preciate his merits or defects . Far am I ...
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Page 284 - Be lion-mettled, proud and take no care Who chafes, who frets, or where conspirers are: Macbeth shall never vanquish'd be until Great Birnam wood to high Dunsinane hill Shall come against him.
Page 267 - Tis strange, my Theseus, that these lovers speak of? The. More strange than true. I never may believe These antique fables, nor these fairy toys. Lovers, and madmen, have such seething brains, Such shaping fantasies, that apprehend More than cool reason ever comprehends. The lunatic, the lover, and the poet, Are of imagination all compact.
Page 292 - We will proceed no further in this business: He hath honour'd me of late; and I have bought Golden opinions from all sorts of people, Which would be worn now in their newest gloss. Not cast aside so soon.
Page 290 - Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness To catch the nearest way. Thou wouldst be great, Art not without ambition, but without The illness should attend it. What thou wouldst highly That wouldst thou holily; wouldst not play false, And yet wouldst wrongly win. Thou'dst have, great Glamis, that which cries, "Thus thou must do, if thou have it, And that which rather thou dost fear to do Than wishest should be undone.
Page 288 - This supernatural soliciting Cannot be ill; cannot be good : If ill, why hath it given me earnest of success, Commencing in a truth ? I am thane of Cawdor : If good, why do I yield to that suggestion...
Page 202 - And shed innocent blood, even the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they offered unto the idols of Canaan ; and the land was defiled with blood.
Page 296 - With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed: Let fall thy blade on vulnerable crests; I bear a charmed life , which must not yield To one of woman born.
Page 290 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.
Page 228 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
Page 296 - That palter with us in a double sense, That keep the word of promise to our ear, And break it to our hope.