 But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.  The Spectator - Side 1551739Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Joseph Addison - 1868 - 154 sider
...after an unufual and entertaining Manner. But when fuch Perfons are introduced as principal Actors, and engaged in a Series of Adventures, they take too...much upon them, and are by no means proper for an Heroic Poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal Parts. I cannot forbear therefore thinking... | |
 | John Milton - 1869 - 588 sider
...after an unufual and entertaining Manner. But when fuch Perlons are introduced as principal Aciors, and engaged in a Series of Adventures, they take too...much upon them, and are by no means proper for an Heroic Poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal Parts. I cannot forbear therefore thinking... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1870 - 688 sider
...unusual and entertaining manner. But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, andvengaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts. I cannot forbear, therefore, thinking... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 238 sider
...15 by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.XI cannot forbear, therefore, thinking that Sin and Death...improper agents in a work of this nature, as Strength and Necessity 2 in one of the tragedies of ^Eschylus, who represented 20 those two persons nailing down... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 234 sider
...after an unusual and entertaining manner. But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are 15 by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts. I... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1892 - 236 sider
...after an unusual and entertaining manner. But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are 15 by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts. I... | |
 | George Gregory Smith - 1898 - 318 sider
...after an unusual and entertaining Manner, But when such Persons are introduced as principal Actors, and engaged in a Series of Adventures, they take too...much upon them, and are by no means proper for an Heroic Poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal Parts, I cannot forbear therefore think'... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1907 - 172 sider
...after an unusual and entertaining manner. But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too...much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts. I cannot forbear therefore thinking,... | |
 | William Paton Ker - 1925 - 366 sider
...critics and poets who impose the Ancients on the world ? Here he is, in Addison's Spectator, No. 357 : " I cannot forbear, therefore, thinking that Sin and...improper agents in a work of this nature, as Strength and Necessity in one of the tragedies of Aeschylus, who represented these two persons nailing down Prometheus... | |
 | William Paton Ker - 1925 - 368 sider
...critics and poets who impose the Ancients on the world ? Here he is, in Addison's Spectator, No. 357 : " I cannot forbear, therefore, thinking that Sin and...improper agents in a work of this nature, as Strength and Necessity in one of the tragedies of Aeschylus, who represented these two persons nailing down Prometheus... | |
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