...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...fortunes of noble persons, and to portray these exactly ; heroick rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. Indignatitr emm privatis,...

...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...

...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...

...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,...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse....

...the Indians worshipt, and heroes more lawless than their savages." — Ce«ture of the Rotu. alted above the level of common converse, as high as the...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse....

...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 descriptions,...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...

...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 descriptions,...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....

...the Indians worshipt, and heroes more lawless than their savages."— Cen • sure of the Rota. alted above the level of common converse, as high as the...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse....

...removed from ordinary colloquial diction. Dryden has himself assigned the following reasons : — « The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions,...us the minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to pourtray these exactly; heroic rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse....

...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...