 But when such persons are introduced as principal actors, and engaged in a series of adventures, they take too much upon them, and are by no means proper for an heroic poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal parts.  The Spectator - 第 155 頁1739完整檢視 - 關於此書
 | English Association - 1920 - 156 頁
...critics and poets who impose the Ancients on the world? Here he is, in Addison's Spectator, No. 357 : ' I cannot forbear, therefore, thinking that Sin and...improper agents in a work of this nature, as Strength and Necessity in one of the tragedies of ^Eschylus, who represented these two persons nailing down Prometheus... | |
 | Leslie Moore - 1990 - 256 頁
...of heroic Virtue" (Lectures, 330). 27. Milton errs by introducing Sin and Death as principal actors: "engaged in a Series of Adventures, they take too much upon them" (S 357, 3: 338). Addison is genuinely preoccupied with this problem, referring to it in four different... | |
 | John T. Shawcross - 1995 - 292 頁
...after an unusual and entertaining Manner. But when such Persons are introduced as principal Actors, and engaged in a Series of Adventures, they take too...much upon them, and are by no means proper for an Heroic Poem, which ought to appear credible in its principal Parts. I cannot forbear therefore thinking... | |
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