This last is indeed the representation of nature, but 'tis nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions are all exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet... An Essay of Dramatic Poesy - Page 91by John Dryden - 1922 - 179 pagesFull view - About this book
| John Dryden - 1800 - 624 pages
...descriptions, are all exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility. Tragedy,...nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. Indignatitr emm privatis, ct prope socco Digms, carmimbus, narrari caena Thyesta; — says Horace :... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 pages
...as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility. Tragedy, vye know, is wont to image to us the minds and fortunes...noblest kind of modern verse. Indignatur enim privatis, ftprope socco Digms, carminibuSi narrari ccena Thyeste — • says Horace : and in another place,... | |
| John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 pages
...converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with projxjrtion to vcrisimility. Tragedy, we know, is wont to image to us the minds...fortunes of noble persons, and to portray these exactly; hcroick rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. Indignatnr rnim pnvafit,... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 432 pages
...descriptions, are all exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility. Tragedy,...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse.... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 pages
...wont to image to us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. Indignatur cnim privatis, et prope socco Dignis, carnrinibns, narrari catia Thyestx—* says Horace : and in another... | |
| 1845 - 816 pages
...converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility. Tragedy is wont to image to us the minds and fortunes of noble persons ; and to portray these exactly, heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. Verse, it is true, is not... | |
| John Dryden - 1821 - 570 pages
...sure of the Rota. alted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility. Tragedy,...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse.... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 442 pages
...wont to image to us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind...privatis, et prope socco Dignis, carminibus, narrari ccena Thyestc, — says Horace : and in another place, Effutire leves indigna iragcedia versus. Blank verse... | |
| John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 pages
...wont to image to us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to potirtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. presented as the effect of sudden thought, but no man speaks suddenly, or extempore, in rhyme ; and... | |
| Walter Scott - 1826 - 526 pages
...descriptions, are all exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisimility. Tragedy,...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse.... | |
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