Critical worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, strand., 1811 |
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... comedy in satire , could never be suffi- cient for this purpose . For all , that he derived into it from thence , was , as Quinctilian speaks , libertas atque inde acerbitas et abunde salis . It sharpened his invective , and polished ...
... comedy in satire , could never be suffi- cient for this purpose . For all , that he derived into it from thence , was , as Quinctilian speaks , libertas atque inde acerbitas et abunde salis . It sharpened his invective , and polished ...
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... thod . For being , as Diomedes observes , archæœ comœdiæ charactere compositum , " professedly writ " ten after the manner of the old comedy , " it was of course to admit the familiarity of the comic muse ; INTRODUCTION . 19.
... thod . For being , as Diomedes observes , archæœ comœdiæ charactere compositum , " professedly writ " ten after the manner of the old comedy , " it was of course to admit the familiarity of the comic muse ; INTRODUCTION . 19.
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... Comedy , in the passionate parts , will admit of a tragic elevation : and , · 2. Tragedy , in its soft distressful scenes , condescends to the ease of familiar conversation . But the poet had a further view in chusing this instance ...
... Comedy , in the passionate parts , will admit of a tragic elevation : and , · 2. Tragedy , in its soft distressful scenes , condescends to the ease of familiar conversation . But the poet had a further view in chusing this instance ...
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... comedy ; which was artfully contrived to insi- nuate the defective state of the Roman drama , and to admonish his countrymen , how far they had gone , and what yet remained to complete it . And hence with the advantage of the easiest ...
... comedy ; which was artfully contrived to insi- nuate the defective state of the Roman drama , and to admonish his countrymen , how far they had gone , and what yet remained to complete it . And hence with the advantage of the easiest ...
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... comedy ( to which the applica- " tion is made ) whose peculiar differences and cor- respondencies , as resulting from the natures of each , should , in agreement to the universal law of decorum , be exactly known and diligently observed ...
... comedy ( to which the applica- " tion is made ) whose peculiar differences and cor- respondencies , as resulting from the natures of each , should , in agreement to the universal law of decorum , be exactly known and diligently observed ...
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Էջ 32 - Doctus iter melius ; mortalia facta peribunt : Nedum sermonum stet honos, et gratia vivax. Multa renascentur, quae jam cecidere ; cadentque Quae nunc sunt in honore vocabula, si volet usus, Quem penes arbitrium est et jus et norma loquendi.
Էջ 74 - That which is now a horse, even with a thought The rack dislimns, and makes it indistinct As water is in water.
Էջ 40 - Incident, nee quarta loqui persona laboret. .Actoris partes chorus officiumque virile Defendat," neu quid medios intercinat actus, Q,uod non proposito conducat et haereat apte...
Էջ 27 - ... inceptis gravibus plerumque et magna professis purpureus, late qui splendeat, unus et alter 15 adsuitur pannus, cum lucus et ara Dianae et properantis aquae per amoenos ambitus agros aut flumen Rhenum aut pluvius describitur arcus; sed nunc non erat his locus. et fortasse cupressum scis simulare: quid hoc, si fractis enatat exspes 20 navibus, aere dato qui pingitur?
Էջ 54 - Natura fieret laudabile carmen an arte Quaesitum est : ego nee Studium sine divite vena Nee rude quid possit video ingenium ; alterius sic 410 Altera poscit opem res et conjurat amice.
Էջ 33 - Descriptas servare vices operumque colores Cur ego si nequeo ignoroque poeta salutor ? Cur nescire pudens prave quam discere malo ? Versibus exponi tragicis res comica non vult ; Indignatur item privatis ac prope socco 90 Dignis carminibus narrari coena Thyestae.
Էջ 53 - Tu nihil invita dices faciesve Minerva ; 385 Id tibi judicium est, ea mens ; si quid tamen olim Scripseris, in Maeci descendat judicis aures Et patris et nostras, nonumque prematur in annum : Membranis intus positis delere licebit, Quod non edideris ; nescit vox missa reverti.
Էջ 47 - Munus et officium, nil scribens ipse, docebo ; Unde parentur opes ; quid alat formetque poetam ; Quid deceat, quid non ; quo virtus, quo ferat error.
Էջ 37 - Semper ad eventum festinat et in medias res Non secus ac notas auditorem rapit, et quae Desperat tractata nitescere posse relinquit ; 150 Atque ita mentitur, sic veris falsa remiscet, Primo ne medium, medio ne discrepet imum.
Էջ 301 - Detrimenta, fugas servorum, incendia ridet ; Non fraudem socio puerove incogitat ullam Pupillo ; vivit siliquis et pane secundo ; Militiae quamquam piger et malus, utilis urbi, Si das hoc parvis quoque rebus magna juvari. 125 Os tenerum pueri balbumque poeta figurat, Torquet ab obscoenis jam nunc sermonibus aurem...