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Page 18
... spirit redominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing that is fimilar , or fecond , to this ode ...
... spirit redominates through the whole . Nor is any thing wanting to crown and complete the fublimity of this ode with absolute beauty ; nor can the Greek or Roman poefy pro- duce any thing that is fimilar , or fecond , to this ode ...
Page 69
... spirit of liberty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alcæus and of Milton in the two firft , and to the ftanza of Mr. Weft's ode , on the barons procuring magna charta , which I fhall infert at length , On yonder plain ...
... spirit of liberty . I must refer the reader to the characters of Alcæus and of Milton in the two firft , and to the ftanza of Mr. Weft's ode , on the barons procuring magna charta , which I fhall infert at length , On yonder plain ...
Page 73
... spirits of Philoctetes , and it is neceffary for the plot of the tragedy that he should fall afleep , it is then , that the chorus breaks out into an exquifite ode to fleep . As in the Antigone , with equal beauty and de- corum in an ...
... spirits of Philoctetes , and it is neceffary for the plot of the tragedy that he should fall afleep , it is then , that the chorus breaks out into an exquifite ode to fleep . As in the Antigone , with equal beauty and de- corum in an ...
Page 92
... spirit of modesty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify curiofity , and not to indulge envy , malignity , and a petulant defire of dethron- Lib . iii . v . 255 . + Dryden , fays prettily of Ben ...
... spirit of modesty and candour , as evidently fhews , the critic intends merely to gratify curiofity , and not to indulge envy , malignity , and a petulant defire of dethron- Lib . iii . v . 255 . + Dryden , fays prettily of Ben ...
Page 143
... spirit , that it's author writ † . To be able to judge of poetry , fays Vol- taire , a man muft feel strongly , must be born with some sparks of that fire , which animates the poet whom he criticifes . As in deciding upon the merit of a ...
... spirit , that it's author writ † . To be able to judge of poetry , fays Vol- taire , a man muft feel strongly , must be born with some sparks of that fire , which animates the poet whom he criticifes . As in deciding upon the merit of a ...
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