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... reflection upon the paffages he dit- cuffes , are qualities effential to a critic . But his own performance is the best criterion of his merits . It may appear strange , that this mafterly writer fhould have flumbered in mouldy ...
... reflection upon the paffages he dit- cuffes , are qualities effential to a critic . But his own performance is the best criterion of his merits . It may appear strange , that this mafterly writer fhould have flumbered in mouldy ...
Page 57
... reflections : a fpirit , which those only fhould allow themselves to defpife , who have emulated the fame of PLATO . If fuch imitations only had been indulged , we should have little reafon to fecond the reflection of the post- “ Cdi ...
... reflections : a fpirit , which those only fhould allow themselves to defpife , who have emulated the fame of PLATO . If fuch imitations only had been indulged , we should have little reafon to fecond the reflection of the post- “ Cdi ...
Page 239
... reflection . The fea is , it seems , too confiderable for the looking - glafs of a fimple Thepherd . To me the image ... reflected by the fea . " Let fach observe the epithet " placidum , " and give what meaning they will to the word ...
... reflection . The fea is , it seems , too confiderable for the looking - glafs of a fimple Thepherd . To me the image ... reflected by the fea . " Let fach observe the epithet " placidum , " and give what meaning they will to the word ...
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admirable ÆNEAS Æneid ÆSCHYLUS affect againſt almoſt ANCHISES ancient ANTILOCHUS beauties becauſe beft beſt cenfure character characteriſtic cife compariſon compofition confideration conftitution conftruction critic defcribed DEMOSTHENES deſcription DIDO difpofition diſplay elegant ENEAS Engliſh epiſode eſtabliſhment eſteemed EURYTION excellent exertions expreffed expreffion facrifice fame fays fecond feems fent fentiment feveral fhall fhould fimilar firft firſt folemn fome former foul fpeech fpirit fubject fublimity fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior genius Grecian Greek hero HERODOTUS himſelf hiſtory HOMER honor Hyperbaton Iliad indulged inftance inſpired itſelf JOSEPH WARTON judgement laft laſt latter lefs leſs LONGINUS Lufus maſter ment merits MNESTHEUS moft moſt muft muſt nature NISUS numbers obferved occafion OVID paffage paffion perfons poet poetical poetry prefent racter reader reaſon reflection reprefented repreſentation Roman Section ſeems ſeveral ſpeaking ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation Trojan ufually unleſs uſed verfe verſes VIRGIL whofe whoſe words writer καὶ