 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 lehte
...improbabilities of a spirit appearing, or of a palace raised by magick, I boldly answer 'him, that an heroick poet is not tied to a bare representation of what...therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope for imagination. It is enough, that in all ages and religions the greatest part... | |
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 lehte
...improbabilities of a spirit appearing, or of a palace raised by magick, I boldly answer him, that an heroick poet is not tied to a bare representation of what...therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope for imagination. It is enough, that in all ages and religions the greatest part... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 lehte
...of a spirit f\ • appearing, or of a palace raised by magick, I boldly answer him, that an heroick poet is not tied to a bare representation of what...on sense, and ~^ therefore not to be comprehended J)y__knowledgc, may give him a freer scope for imagination. It is enough, that in all ages and religions... | |
 | 1809 - 530 lehte
...confined to the probable in character, so he is not limited by the bounds of nature in the action, but may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, not depending upon sense, leave free exercfee for the imagination. Indeed, if ghosts, magicians and... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 lehte
...improbabilities of a spirit appearing, or of a palace raised by magic; I boldly answer him, that an heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of...therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope for imagination. It is enough that, in all ages and religions, the greatest... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 lehte
...confined to the probable in charactefj so he is not limited by the bounds of nature in the action, but may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, not depending upon sense, leave free exercise for the imagination. Indeed, if ghosts, magicians, and... | |
 | 1809 - 530 lehte
...confined to the probable in character, so he is not limited by the bounds of nature in the action, but may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, not depending upon sense, leave free exercise for the imagination. Indeed, if ghosts, magicians and... | |
 | John Dryden - 1821 - 570 lehte
...confined to the probable in character, so he is not limited by the bounds of nature in the action, but may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, not depending upon sense, leave free exercise for the imagination. Indeed, if ghosts, magicians, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 532 lehte
...confined to the probable in character, so he is not limited by the bounds of nature in the action, but may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, not depending upon sense, leave free exercise for the imagination. Indeed, if ghosts, magicians, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 lehte
...confined to the probahle in character, so he is not limited by the bounds of nature in the action, but may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, not depending upon sense, leave free exercise for the imagination. Indeed, if ghosts, magicians, and... | |
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I boldly answer him, that an heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or exceeding probable; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as depending not on sense, and therefore... 
