Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 3A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1798 - English language |
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action Æneid againſt alfo antient appears arifes Author beautiful cenfure character Chorus circumftances Comedy compofed Compofition confiderable converfation courſe defcribed defcription diſcover diſplay diſtinguiſhed Dramatic Engliſh Epic Poem Epic Poetry Epiſodes eſpecially expreffion faid fame fatire fcenes feems fentiments feveral fhall fhould fhow fimplicity firft firſt fituations fome fometimes fpecies fpirit ftrain ftrong ftudied ftyle fubject fublime fuch fufficient fuited fyllables genius greateſt Greek Hiftorian higheſt himſelf Hiſtory Homer Iliad imitation impreffion inftance inftruction intereſting itſelf kind laſt LECT lefs Lyric Poetry manner meaſure modern moft moral moſt Mufic muft muſt narration nature neceffary obfervations objects occafions paffages paffed paffion Paftoral perfonages perfons Philofopher pleaſe pleaſure Poet poetical poffeffes prefent Profe racters raiſed reaſon refpect render rife ſcene ſhall ſome Sophocles ſtate ſtory Style Taffo taſte thefe themſelves Theocritus theſe thofe thoſe Thucydides tion Tragedy unity uſeful Verfe Verfification Verſe Virgil Voltaire Writing XXXVI