...andi rhetoric do not succeed in exact description so well as paint-' ing does ; their business is, to affect rather by sympathy than imitation ; to display...province, and that in which they succeed the best. SECT. VI. — POETBY NOT STRICTLY AN IMITATIVE ABT. HENCE we may observe that poetry, taken in its...

...well * as Painting does ; their bufinels is to affect rather by ' fympathy than imitation ; to diiplay rather the effect * of things on the mind of the Speaker, or of others, * than to prefcnt a clear idea of the things themlelves. * This is their moft extenfive province,' and that in...

...longer know that venerable object called the people in such a disbanded race of deserters and vagabonds. For a while they may be terrible indeed ; but in such...or of others, than to present a clear idea of the tilings themselves. This is their most extensive province, and that in which they succeed the best....

...poetry and rhetorick do not succeed in exact description so well as painting does ; their business is, to affect rather by sympathy than imitation ; to display...province, and that in which they succeed the best. SECT. VI. • POETRY NOT STRICTLY AN IMITATIVE ART. HENCE we may observe that poetry, taken in its...

...general, " their business is to affect rather by sympathy than imitation, to display rather the effects of things on the mind of the speaker, or of others,...to present a clear idea of the things themselves." The Mess^niennes of M. Delavigne are good illustrations of this position. They are really lyric choruses,...

...general, " their business is to affect rather by sympathy than imitation, to display rather the effects of things on the mind of the speaker, or of others,...to present a clear idea of the things themselves." The Messeuiennes of M. Delavigne are good illustrations of this position. They are really lyric chorusses,...

...general, " their business is to affect rather by sympathy than imitation, to display rather the effects of things on the mind of the speaker, or of others,...to present a clear idea of the things themselves." The Messéniennes of M. Delavigne are good illustrations of this position. They are really lyric chorusses,...

...general, " their business is to affect rather by sympathy than imitation, to display rather the effects of things on the mind of the speaker, or of others,...to present a clear idea of the things themselves." The Messéniemies of M. Delavigne are good illustrations of this position. They are really lyric choruses,...

...general, " their business is to affect rather by sympathy than imitation, to display rather the effects oi things on the mind of the speaker, or of others, than...to present a clear idea of the things themselves." The Mcsseniennes of M. Delavigne are good illustrations of this position. They are really lyric choruses,...

...something very different from images : he says, " The business of poetry is to " display rather the effects of things on " the mind of the speaker, or of others,...present a clear idea of the things " themselves." If he had said, " to pre" sent the effects of things, AS WELL AS a " clear idea of the things themselves,"...