...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....

...removed from ordinary colloquial diction. Dryden has himself assigned the following reasons : — " The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions,...nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. Indignatur enim privatis, et prope socco 1) ignis carminibus, narrari ccena Thyestts— says Horace...

...: this last is indeed the representation of nature, but Us nature wrought up to a higher pitch. The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions,...rhyme is nearest nature, as being the noblest kind of modem verse. Indignatur enim privatis, et probe socco Diguis, carminibus, narrari ccenaThyeste, —...

...verse, being too humble for them, they ought to deliver themselves in rhyme. " The plot," he observes, " the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions,...minds and fortunes of noble persons, and to portray them exactly ; heroic rhyme is nearest to nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. ' Indignatur...

...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...

...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...

...removed from ordinary colloquial diction. Dryden has himself assigned the following reasons : — " The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions, are all exalted above the lc_vel of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them, with proportion to...

...Dryden's own description, "the plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the delineations, must be exalted above the level of common converse, as high as the imagination of the poet can carry them." Chesterfield's receipt that "tragedy must be something bigger than life," is anticipated, and the invisible...

...removed from ordinary colloquial diction. Dryden has himself assigned the following reasons : — " The plot, the characters, the wit, the passions, the descriptions,...nature, as being the noblest kind of modern verse. Indignatur enim privatis, et prope socco Dignis cnrminilms, narrari ccma Tliyesta — says Horace :...

...»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...can carry them, with proportion to verisimility.« So eignet sich der heroische vers am besten für die tragödie, und wenn der blank verse für kleine...