The DunciadM. Cooper, 1970 - 235 pages |
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Page xxxi
... Epic , ( more lively and choleric than her elder fifter , whofe bulk and complexion incline her to the flegmatic ) , and for this fome notorious Vehicle of vice and folly was fought out , to make thereof an example . An early inftance ...
... Epic , ( more lively and choleric than her elder fifter , whofe bulk and complexion incline her to the flegmatic ) , and for this fome notorious Vehicle of vice and folly was fought out , to make thereof an example . An early inftance ...
Page xxxii
... Epic fhould not be fo . Hence , to the advantage of our Dunciad , we may obferve how much jufter the Moral of that ... Epic . Thus it being agreed that the conftituent qualities of the greater Epic Hero , are Wifdom , Bravery , and Love ...
... Epic fhould not be fo . Hence , to the advantage of our Dunciad , we may obferve how much jufter the Moral of that ... Epic . Thus it being agreed that the conftituent qualities of the greater Epic Hero , are Wifdom , Bravery , and Love ...
Page 48
... Epic - How Time himself , & c . ] Allude to the tranfgreffions of the Unities in the Plays of fuch poets . For the miracles wrought upon Time and Place , and the mixture of Tragedy and Comedy , Farce and Epic , fee Pluto and Proferpine ...
... Epic - How Time himself , & c . ] Allude to the tranfgreffions of the Unities in the Plays of fuch poets . For the miracles wrought upon Time and Place , and the mixture of Tragedy and Comedy , Farce and Epic , fee Pluto and Proferpine ...
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