Moral and Political Dialogues: With Letters on Chivalry and Romance, Nide 3T. Cadell, 1776 |
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Sivu 196
... ARIOSTO and TASSO in Italy , and SPENSER and MILTON in England , were feduced by these barbarities of their forefathers ; were even charmed by the Gothic Ro- mances . Was this caprice and abfurdity in them ? Or , may there not be fome ...
... ARIOSTO and TASSO in Italy , and SPENSER and MILTON in England , were feduced by these barbarities of their forefathers ; were even charmed by the Gothic Ro- mances . Was this caprice and abfurdity in them ? Or , may there not be fome ...
Sivu 262
... ARIOSTO into this choice , they fhould confider that it could be only for the fake of his fubject ; for the genius and character of these poets was widely different . UNDER this idea then of a Gothic , not claffical poem , the Fairy ...
... ARIOSTO into this choice , they fhould confider that it could be only for the fake of his fubject ; for the genius and character of these poets was widely different . UNDER this idea then of a Gothic , not claffical poem , the Fairy ...
Sivu 285
... ARIOSTO ranks but little higher than the rudeft Romancer in the opinion of those who take their notions of these things from their writers . BUT the fame principle , which made them give TASSO the preference to ARIOSTO , has led them by ...
... ARIOSTO ranks but little higher than the rudeft Romancer in the opinion of those who take their notions of these things from their writers . BUT the fame principle , which made them give TASSO the preference to ARIOSTO , has led them by ...
Sivu 287
... ARIOSTO ઠંડ " to a VIRGIL , and a Romance ( without " doubt he meant , of TASSO ) to an Iliad . ” [ e ] Lord SHAFTESBURY , Adv . to an Author . Truly , Truly , this critical fin requires an ex- piation ; CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE . 287.
... ARIOSTO ઠંડ " to a VIRGIL , and a Romance ( without " doubt he meant , of TASSO ) to an Iliad . ” [ e ] Lord SHAFTESBURY , Adv . to an Author . Truly , Truly , this critical fin requires an ex- piation ; CHIVALRY AND ROMANCE . 287.
Sivu 290
... ARIOSTO , overturned at once the folid and well - built reputation of the Italian poetry . IT is not perhaps ftrange that this potent word fhould do its business in France . What was lefs to be expected , it put us into a fright on this ...
... ARIOSTO , overturned at once the folid and well - built reputation of the Italian poetry . IT is not perhaps ftrange that this potent word fhould do its business in France . What was lefs to be expected , it put us into a fright on this ...
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accompliſhed adventures againſt almoſt antient ARIOSTO beft beſt buſineſs cafe cauſe character Chivalry circumftance claffic cloſe confideration converfation courſe defign difcipline eſpecially faid Fairy Queen fame fancies faſhionable fatire fcene feem feen fenfe ferve feudal fhall fhew fhould firſt focieties fome fomething foon foreign travel fpirit ftate ftill ftories ftudies fubject fuch fuperior fuppofe furely furniſh fyftem genius Gothic Gothic fictions guife himſelf Iliad inftance inftruction itſelf juft juſt knights laft leaft leaſt lefs LOCKE LORD LORD SHAFTESBURY Lordship manners ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation occafion paffion perfons philofopher pleaſe poem poet polite prefent proper purpoſe queſtion racter reaſon refpect Romance ſay ſchools ſeems ſenſe ſhall Sir TOPAZ SPENSER ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuppoſe TASSO taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion TOPAZ underſtand Univerſities uſe virtue young youth
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Sivu 265 - Such notes as, warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made hell grant what love did seek. Or call up him that left half told The story of Cambuscan bold, Of Camball, and of Algarsife, And who had Canace to wife, That own'd the virtuous ring and glass, And of the wondrous horse of brass, On which the Tartar king did ride...
Sivu 264 - With store of ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit, or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend.
Sivu 260 - And without more words you will readily apprehend that the fancies of our modern bards are not only more gallant, but, on a change of the scene, more sublime, more terrible, more alarming than those of the classic fablers. In a word, you will find that the manners they paint, and the superstitions they adopt, are the more poetical for being Gothic.
Sivu 263 - Yet we see thro' all his poetry, where his enthusiasm flames out most, a certain predilection for the legends of chivalry before the fables of Greece. This circumstance, you know, has given offence to the austerer and more mechanical critics.
Sivu 304 - THUS, in the poet's world, all is marvellous and extraordinary; yet not unnatural in one fenfe, as it agrees to the conceptions that are readily entertained of thefe magical and wonder-working natures. THIS trite maxim of following "Nature is further miftaken, in applying it indifcriminately to all forts of poetry.
Sivu 145 - America, and at the Cape of Good Hope. He may then examine how she appears...
Sivu 272 - ... ideas of Unity, which have no place here; and are in every view foreign to the...
Sivu 300 - They think it enough, if they can but bring you to imagine the possibility of them.
Sivu 302 - Men of cold fancies and philosophical dispositions object to this kind of poetry, that it has not probability enough to affect the imagination. But to this it may be answered, that we are sure, in general, there are many intellectual beings in the World besides ourselves, and several species of spirits...
Sivu 269 - ... for all their grievances. This was the real practice, in the days of pure and ancient chivalry. And an image of this practice was afterwards kept up in the...