Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious Narratives, with Observations on Some of the Most EminentMundell, 1805 - 174 頁 |
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... never be re- ferred to by the moralist , as an authority , on which to establish maxims for the conduct of life . The chief fictitious performances , that have pretensions of this kind , are those which go by the name of comic romances ...
... never be re- ferred to by the moralist , as an authority , on which to establish maxims for the conduct of life . The chief fictitious performances , that have pretensions of this kind , are those which go by the name of comic romances ...
第 7 頁
... never take place in real life .. Nor have they scrupled to use other methods still more unwarrant- able , which render many of these works by no means serviceable to the cause of morality . The best method , then , of supplying the ...
... never take place in real life .. Nor have they scrupled to use other methods still more unwarrant- able , which render many of these works by no means serviceable to the cause of morality . The best method , then , of supplying the ...
第 22 頁
... never reproach the painter for assembling , in one , the beauties of different landscapes ; nor the sculptor for drawing finer forms than were ever moulded by the hand of nature . The mere copying of real objects is obviously an ...
... never reproach the painter for assembling , in one , the beauties of different landscapes ; nor the sculptor for drawing finer forms than were ever moulded by the hand of nature . The mere copying of real objects is obviously an ...
第 25 頁
... never think of requiring the mo- ralist to bring down his instructions to the level of ordinary practice . Men must always be expected to fall somewhat short of the standard they have formed to themselves . The great danger , then is ...
... never think of requiring the mo- ralist to bring down his instructions to the level of ordinary practice . Men must always be expected to fall somewhat short of the standard they have formed to themselves . The great danger , then is ...
第 26 頁
... virtuous character . No such opportunity is here afforded ; and thus , say these reasoners , the emotions , which will never again recur with equal force , are wast- ed without producing any lasting or benefi- cial consequences . 26.
... virtuous character . No such opportunity is here afforded ; and thus , say these reasoners , the emotions , which will never again recur with equal force , are wast- ed without producing any lasting or benefi- cial consequences . 26.
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第 163 頁 - THE curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd wind slowly o'er the lea, The plowman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the glimmering landscape on the sight, And all the air a solemn stillness holds, Save where the beetle wheels his droning flight, And drowsy tinklings lull the distant folds...
第 167 頁 - I care not, fortune, what you me deny ; You cannot rob me of free nature's grace ; You cannot shut the windows of the sky, Through which Aurora shows her brightening face, You cannot bar my constant feet to trace The woods and lawns, by living stream, at eve : Let health my nerves and finer fibres brace, And I their toys to the great children leave : Of fancy, reason, virtue, nought can me bereave.
第 165 頁 - With vain attempt. Him the Almighty Power Hurled headlong flaming from the ethereal sky With hideous ruin and combustion down To bottomless perdition, there to dwell In adamantine* chains and penal fire, Who durst defy the Omnipotent to arms.
第 168 頁 - And missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green. To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon. Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
第 158 頁 - In narratives, where historical veracity has no place* I cannot discover, why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate ; but the highest and purest that humanity can reach...
第 158 頁 - Vice, for vice is necessary to be shewn, should always disgust; nor should the graces of gaiety, or the dignity of courage, be so united with it, as to reconcile it to the mind. Wherever it appears, it should raise hatred by the malignity of its practices, and contempt by the meanness of its stratagems; for while it is supported by either parts or spirit, it will be seldom heartily abhorred.
第 164 頁 - He spoke, and awful bends his sable brows, Shakes his ambrosial curls, and gives the nod, The stamp of fate, and sanction of the god : High Heaven with trembling the dread signal took, And all Olympus to the centre shook.
第 157 頁 - ... made perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies; but such have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be preserved, than the art of murdering without pain.
第 155 頁 - But if the power of example is so great as to take possession of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almost without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken that, when the choice is unrestrained, the best examples only should be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate so strongly should not be mischievous or uncertain in its effects.
第 155 頁 - It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature ; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of nature which are most proper for imitation : greater care is still required in representing life, which is so often discoloured by passion or deformed by wickedness.