 | 1803 - 372 σελίδες
...particular in any of my opinions, and incline to those who judge the most advantageously of the author. It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification ;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1804 - 578 σελίδες
...particular in any of my opinions, and incline to those who judge the most advantageously of the author. It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification ;... | |
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1808 - 304 σελίδες
...particular in any of my opinions, and incline to those who judge the most advantageously of the author. It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification ;... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1811 - 514 σελίδες
...particular in any of my opinions, and incline to those who judge the most advantageously of the author. It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities a¥e wanting,1 the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification... | |
 | Spectator The - 1811 - 802 σελίδες
...particular in any of my opinions, and ¡in-line to those who judge the most advantageously of the author. It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...should be both perspicuous and sublime. In proportion at either of these two qualities arc wanting, the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and... | |
 | 1819 - 308 σελίδες
...particular in any of my opinions, and incline to those who judge the most advantageously of the author. It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification ;... | |
 | William Driverger - 1820 - 648 σελίδες
...mistress along with them to a wood, where, after Laving stabbed her to the heart, they killed each other. The language of an heroic poem should be both perspicuous...sublime : in proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification ;... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1821 - 668 σελίδες
...propriety of speech, than writers of a later period. The following instances are collected by Dr. Lowth : " It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem,...perspicuous and sublime. In proportion as either of these qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect." Addison's Spect. No. 285. " "Tis observable that... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 σελίδες
...disjunctive particles. Each of these words imply some pursuit or object relinquished. Blair's Rhetoric. It It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...be both perspicuous and sublime. In proportion as tither of these two qua litics are wanting, the language is imperfect.— Addison, Spectator. , Ntitlur... | |
 | 1822 - 788 σελίδες
...particular in any of my opinions, and incline to those who judge the most advantageously of the author. It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem...sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect. Perspicuity is the first and most necessary qualification j... | |
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It is requisite that the language of an heroic poem should be both perspicuous and sublime. In proportion as either of these two qualities are wanting, the language is imperfect. 
