 I boldly answer him that an heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or exceeding probable : but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as, depending not on sense and therefore...  Life of Dryden - Sida 125efter Walter Scott - 1827Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 sidor
...heroick poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or ' exceeding probable, but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as depending not on sense, and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 sidor
...heroick poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or exceeding probable, but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things as depending not on sense, and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 564 sidor
...would kill thee now, thy fate's so low, That I must stoop ere I can give the blow : But mine is fixed so far above thy crown, That all thy men, Piled on...dramatist, as he is not confined to the probable in charactefj so he is not limited by the bounds of nature in the action, but may let himself loose to... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1808 - 474 sidor
...heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or exceeding probable ;> but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things, as, ' depending not on sense, and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1847 - 726 sidor
...a heroic play, her course resembled an absolute Bay of Biscay, or Race of Portland, disturbed by a hundred contending currents and eddies, and never...wanting, Dryden contends, that the dramatist, as he ¡8 not confined to the probable in character, so he is net limited by the bounds of nature in the... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1883 - 494 sidor
...heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is tme, or exceeding probable ; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things, as, depending not on sense, and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1887 - 674 sidor
...a heroic play, her course resembled an absolute Bay of Biscay, or Race of Portland, disturbed by a hundred contending currents and eddies, and never continuing a moment in one steady flow. of such things as, not depending upon sense, leave free exercise for the imagination. Indeed, if ghosts,... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1883 - 496 sidor
...heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true, or exceeding probable ; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things, as, depending not on sense, and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope... | |
 | John Dryden - 1898 - 224 sidor
...heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true or exceedingly probable; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects and to the representation of such things, as, de- 5 pending not on sense, and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer... | |
 | Jeremiah Wesley Bray - 1898 - 364 sidor
...heroic poet is not tied to a bare representation of what is true or exceeding probable ; but that he may let himself loose to visionary objects, and to the representation of such things,- as depending not on sense, and therefore not to be comprehended by knowledge, may give him a freer scope... | |
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