Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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... causes , each of them lying deep in our nature . First , the instinct of imitation is im- planted in man from ... cause of this again is that to learn gives the liveliest pleasure , not only to philosophers but to men in general ...
... causes , each of them lying deep in our nature . First , the instinct of imitation is im- planted in man from ... cause of this again is that to learn gives the liveliest pleasure , not only to philosophers but to men in general ...
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... cause to make a pitiful defense of poor poetry , which from almost the highest esti- mation of learning is fallen to ... causes to draw with their charming sweetness the wild untamed wits to an admiration of knowledge . So as Amphion was ...
... cause to make a pitiful defense of poor poetry , which from almost the highest esti- mation of learning is fallen to ... causes to draw with their charming sweetness the wild untamed wits to an admiration of knowledge . So as Amphion was ...
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... cause aversion in us or by reason of their impossibility , unbelief , ought either wholly to be avoided by a poet , or only delivered by narration . " But I find I have been too long in this discourse , since the French have many other ...
... cause aversion in us or by reason of their impossibility , unbelief , ought either wholly to be avoided by a poet , or only delivered by narration . " But I find I have been too long in this discourse , since the French have many other ...
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action admiration Aeschylus Ancients Aristotle audience beauty Ben Jonson better blank verse called character comedy Crites critics delight Demosthenes diction divine doth dramatic Dryden English epic poetry Eugenius Euripides excellent expression eyes father fault French genius give Glaucon Greek hath Hesiod Homer honor Horace humor iambic Iliad imagine imitation inspiration John Dryden Jonson judge judgment kind knowledge language laughter learning Lisideius living Longinus matter mean metaphors meter mind modern Muse nature Neander neoclassical never observed Odyssey passions perfect persons philosopher pity Plato Plautus play plot poem poesy poet poet's poetic Polygnotus praise proper prose Quintilian reason rhapsode rhyme rules scene sense Silent Woman Socrates song Sophocles soul sound speak speech stage style sublimity things thought tion tragedy tragic tragicomedies true truth unity virtue whole words writ write Xenophon