Plato to Alexander Pope: Backgrounds of Modern CriticismWalter Sutton, Vivian Sutton Odyssey Press, 1966 - 243 pages |
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Page 108
... perfect as the senti- ment itself is weighty . It is uttered wholly in the dactylic measure , the noblest and most magnificent of all measures , and hence forming the chief constituent in the finest meter we know , the heroic . XL There ...
... perfect as the senti- ment itself is weighty . It is uttered wholly in the dactylic measure , the noblest and most magnificent of all measures , and hence forming the chief constituent in the finest meter we know , the heroic . XL There ...
Page 169
... perfect than Sophocles , who lived a little before Aristotle . Which of the Greeklings durst ever give precepts to Demosthenes ? Or to Pericles , whom the age surnamed " heavenly " because he seemed to thunder and lighten with his ...
... perfect than Sophocles , who lived a little before Aristotle . Which of the Greeklings durst ever give precepts to Demosthenes ? Or to Pericles , whom the age surnamed " heavenly " because he seemed to thunder and lighten with his ...
Page 171
... perfect and entire action as one perfect and entire place is required to a building . By perfect we understand that to which nothing is want- ing , as place to the building that is raised and action to the fable that is formed . It is ...
... perfect and entire action as one perfect and entire place is required to a building . By perfect we understand that to which nothing is want- ing , as place to the building that is raised and action to the fable that is formed . It is ...
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