 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...  Memoirs of John Dryden - Sida 119efter Walter Scott - 1826 - 277 sidorObegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | John Dryden - 1800 - 624 sidor
...the representation of nature, but 'tis nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The plot, the charaters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions, are all exalted...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to portray these exactly ; heroick rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse.... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 591 sidor
...the representation of nature, but 'tis nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The plot, the charaters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions, are all exalted...carry them, with proportion to verisimility. Tragedy, vye know, is wont to image to us the minds and fortunes of noble persons^ and to portray these exactly... | |
 | John Dryden, Edmond Malone - 1800 - 634 sidor
...the representation of nature, but 'tis nature wrought up to an higher pitch. The plot, the charatcrs, the wit, the passions, the descriptions, are all '...as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with projxjrtion to vcrisimility. Tragedy, we know, is wont to image to us the minds and fortunes of noble... | |
 | 1845 - 816 sidor
...Serious Play, which is indeed the representation of nature, but nature wrought up to an high pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the...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... | |
 | John Dryden, Walter Scott - 1821 - 432 sidor
...this last is indeed the representation j of nature, but 'tis nature wrought up to an higher Vjpitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the...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.... | |
 | sir Walter Scott (bart [prose, collected]) - 1827 - 564 sidor
...ever the Indians worshipt, and heroes more lawless than their savages." — Censure of the Rota. alted above the level of common converse, as high as the...imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to verisi utility. Tragedy, we know, is wont to image to us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1834 - 516 sidor
...ever the Indians worshipt, and heroes more lawless than their savages." — ' '. «tttre of the Rota. above the vulgar, their sentiments were delivered...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.... | |
 | John Dryden, John Mitford - 1836 - 488 sidor
...play : this last is indeed the representation of nature, but Us nature wrought up to a higher pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to portray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modem verse. Indignatur... | |
 | Robert Bell - 1839 - 430 sidor
...verse, being too humble for them, they ought to deliver themselves in rhyme. " The plot," he observes, " the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions,...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to portray them exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest to nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse.... | |
 | 1845 - 842 sidor
...Serious Play, which is indeed the representation of nature, but nature wrought up to an high pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the...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... | |
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