If a council be called, or a battle fought, you are not coldly informed of what was said or done as from a third person ; the reader is hurried out of himself by the force of the poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a... The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 4by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
| Homerus - 1720 - 382 pages
...coldly inform'd of what was faid or done as from a third perfon; the reader is hurry'd out of himielf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpectator. The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he defcribes, Our author's work is a... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 382 pages
...coldly informed of what was faid or done as from a third perfon ; the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpe&ator. The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he defcribes, Oi o tip icra:> wcitl TE... | |
| Alexander Pope - English literature - 1751 - 368 pages
...coldly informed of what was faid or done as from a third perfon ; -the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpectator. The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he dcfcribes, Of our along like a fire... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1751 - 372 pages
...coldly informed of what was faid or done as from a third perfon ; the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpe&ator. The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he defcribes, Ot $' dp Icrcc') MUZ* Te... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1752 - 438 pages
...coldly informed of what was faid or done as from a third perfon ; the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpectator. The courfe of his vtrfes refembles that of the army he defcribes, O* (T a.0 KTKV, UCTtl... | |
| Alexander Pope - English literature - 1757 - 344 pages
...coldly informed of what was faid or done as from a third perfon ; the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpeftator. The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he defcribes, Of y <*£ Itrxi, ucrti... | |
| Alexander Pope - English poetry - 1760 - 436 pages
...the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imaginaH 0 MER 'SILIA t>. 35$ tion, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpectator. The courfe of his verfes reiembles that of the army he defcribes, O' o tig KTO.V, uirtt... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1778 - 448 pages
...coldly informed of what is laid or done, as from a third perfon; the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpeftator. The courfe of his verfes relembles that of the army he defcribes, Oi ya\ 'iaca, ufftt ti... | |
| Alexander Pope - 1787 - 338 pages
...coldly informed of what is faid or done, as from a third perfon ; the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the Poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a Ipeftator. The courfe of his verfes refembles that of the army he defcribes, Ol o U:\ tew, ueii They... | |
| Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...coldly informed of what was faid or done as from a third perfon ; the reader is hurried out of himfelf by the force of the poet's imagination, and turns in one place to a hearer, in another to a fpcclator. The courfe of his verfe* refcmbles that of the army hcdefcribes : Oí ?' Я^' Гз-ДУ,... | |
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