| Thomas Gray, John Mitford - 1816 - 446 pages
...rather be excluded by the third proposition, " That the misfortunes of a wicked person ought not to be represented ; because, though such a subject may...sufferer and ourselves ; neither of these effects would therefore be produced by such an event."* Mr. Mason remarks, " that something which unites the... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 506 pages
...from prosperity to adversity, should not be represented, as happening to an eminently virtuous or good character, for this raises disgust rather than terror...effects will, therefore, be produced by such an event. Having premised these principles, let us now examine the successes and failures of Euripides in this... | |
| William Cullen Bryant, Robert Charles Sands, Henry J. Anderson - American periodicals - 1825 - 502 pages
...that it ought to have ; for it j is neither gratifying in a moral view, nor affecting, nor terrible, t Nor, again, should the fall of a very bad man, from...will, therefore, be produced by such an event.'*' Having premised these principles, let us now examine the successes and failures of Euripides in this... | |
| Greeks - 1827 - 1206 pages
...no one property that it ought to have ; for it is neither gratifying in a moral view, nor ajfi'ding nor terrible. Nor, again, should the fall of a very...some resemblance between the sufferer and ourselves. There remains then for our choice the character between these extremes ; that of a person neither eminently... | |
| Samuel Parr, John Johnstone - 1828 - 738 pages
...which inform you of David's aggravated misconduct, have preserved for your instruction the passion : nor, again, should the fall of a very bad man from...then, for our choice, the character between these ex tremes, that of a person neither eminently virtuous or just, nor yet involved in misfortune by deliberate... | |
| Philip Wentworth Buckham - Greek drama - 1830 - 628 pages
...où/\ojuéi/aç, 405, &c. in which several trochees occur, and Hermann's observations thereon, p. 140 — 143. FE that it should imitate such actions as excite terror...some resemblance between the sufferer and ourselves. There remains then for our choice the character between these extremes ; that of a person neither eminently... | |
| Thomas Gray - 1835 - 342 pages
...rather be excluded by the third proposition, " That the misfortunes of a wicked person ought not to be represented ; because, though such a subject may...sufferer and ourselves ; neither of these effects would therefore be produced by such an event." * * See Twining's Translation of Aristotle's Poetics,... | |
| John William Donaldson - Greek drama - 1849 - 642 pages
...means the purpose of Tragedy may be best effected. Now, since it is requisite to the perfection of tragedy that its plot should be of the complicated,...virtuous or just, nor yet involved in misfortune by reason of deliberate vice or villany, but from some error of human frailty ; and this person should... | |
| Greeks - 1860 - 904 pages
...no one property that it ought to have; for it is neither gratifying, in a moral view, nor anteilig nor terrible. Nor, again, should the fall of a very...resemblance between the sufferer and ourselves]. Neither of theae effects will, therefore, be produced by such an event. There remains, then, for our choice, the... | |
| Morton Luce - 1913 - 302 pages
...neither pity nor fear, inasmuch as our pity is aroused by misfortune undeservedly suffered, and our fear by some resemblance between the sufferer and ourselves. Neither of these effects, therefore, is produced by such an incident. (But see King Lear, v. iii. 231-2.) There remains, then,... | |
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