 Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people.  The Spectator - Sivu 267muokkaaja - 1810Koko teos - Tietoja tästä kirjasta
 | John Bell - 1797 - 480 sivua
...he, "is of two kinds; the first re" presents mean persons in the accoutrements of he"roes; the other, great persons acting and speaking " like the basest...is a dispute among the critics, whether " burlesque runs best in heroic, like the Dispensary, " or in doggrel, like that of Hudibras. I think, where "... | |
 | 1803 - 402 sivua
...themselves. Burlesque is therefore of two kinds ; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting...heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary ; or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. I think where the low character is to be raised, the heroic is the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 sivua
...themselves. Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting...in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary; or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. I think where the low character is to be raised, the heroic is the... | |
 | William Somerville, Thomas Park - 1808 - 354 sivua
...he) is of two kinds. The first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes ; the other, great persons acting and speaking like the basest...Lucian's gods of the second, It is a dispute among the crities, whether burlesque, runs best in heroic, like the Dispensary; or in doggrel, like that of Hudibras.... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1810 - 562 sivua
...he) is of two kinds. The first represent? mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes ; the other, great persons acting and speaking like the basest...is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque runs best in heroic, like the Dispensary; or in doggrel, like that of Hudibras. 1 think, where the... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 560 sivua
...he) is of two kinds. The first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes ; the other, great persons acting and speaking like the basest...Quixote is an instance of the first, and Lucian's cods of the second. It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque runs best in heroic, like... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 sivua
...themselves. Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in accoutrements of heroes, the other describes great persons acting...heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary ; or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. I think where the low character is to be raised, the heroic is the... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 sivua
...(heroselves. Burlesque is therefore of two kinds ; the first represents mean persons in the accoutrement« of heroes ; the other describes great persons acting...people. Don Quixote is an instance of the first, and 1лcian's gods of the second. It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best... | |
 | William Somerville - 1813 - 142 sivua
...(says he) is of two kinds. The first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes; the other, great persons acting and speaking like the basest...Lucian's gods of the second. It is a dispute among the criticks, whether burlesque runs best in heroick, like the Dispensary; or in doggerel, like that of... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 346 sivua
...he) is of two kinds. The first represents mean persons in the accoutrements of heroes ; the other, great persons acting and speaking like the basest...is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque runs best in heroic, like the Dispensary; or in doggrel, like that of Hudibras. 1 think where the low... | |
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