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Page 123
... Nature had be- stowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast , illuminating the splen- did , enforcing the awful , darkening the gloomy , and aggravating the dreadful : he therefore chose a subject ...
... Nature had be- stowed upon him more bountifully than upon others ; the power of displaying the vast , illuminating the splen- did , enforcing the awful , darkening the gloomy , and aggravating the dreadful : he therefore chose a subject ...
Page 397
... Nature , if the change be made between the acts ; for it is no less easy for the spectator to suppose himself at Athens in the second act , than at Thebes in the first ; but to change the scene , as is done by Rowe , in the middle of an ...
... Nature , if the change be made between the acts ; for it is no less easy for the spectator to suppose himself at Athens in the second act , than at Thebes in the first ; but to change the scene , as is done by Rowe , in the middle of an ...
Page 447
... nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecil- ity , which degrades nature by faintness ...
... nature , by bombast or tumour , which soars above nature , and enlarges images beyond their real bulk ; by affectation , which forsakes nature in quest of something unsuitable ; and by imbecil- ity , which degrades nature by faintness ...
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