 TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems ; therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity, and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions,...  Notes and Queries - Page 541871Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | John Bell - 1788 - 628 pages
...by Aristotle ft be of power by raiting pity and fear, or terror^ to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure 'with a kind of delight, stirr'd up by reading or seeing those passions ntiett imitated. Nor is Nature ivanting in her own effefis... | |
 | James Plumptre - 1809 - 318 pages
...bv Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions ; that is, to temper and reduce them...by reading or seeing those passions well imitated. — Hence philosophers and other gravest writers, as Cicero, Plutarch and others, frequently cite out... | |
 | William Hayley - 1810 - 418 pages
...Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terrour, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them...passions well imitated. Nor is Nature wanting in her own effects to make good his assertion : for so, in physick, things of melancholick hue and quality are... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 540 pages
...Aristotle to be of power by raising pity and fear, or terrour, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them...passions well imitated. Nor is Nature wanting in her own effects to make good his assertion : for so, in physick, things of uielancholick hue and quality are... | |
 | John Milton - 1810 - 414 pages
...fear, or terrour, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce lhem to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up...those passions well imitated. Nor is Nature wanting ¡n her QWTj effects to make good his assertion -. for so, in physick, things of melancholick hue and... | |
 | Aristotle, Thomas Twining - 1812 - 516 pages
...Aristotle to- be of power, by raising pity, " and fear or terror, to purge the mind of those w and such like passions ; that is, to temper and " reduce them...reading or seeing those " passions well imitated." One thing should be added. Aristotle's assertion must be considered relatively to his own times, and... | |
 | John Milton - 1813 - 270 pages
...Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them...passions well imitated. Nor is Nature wanting in her «wn effects to make good his assertion: for so, iti physic, things of melancholic hue and quality... | |
 | Robert Mansel - 1814 - 230 pages
...ARISTOTLE to be of power, by raising piety and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions; that is, to temper and reduce them...just measure, with a kind of delight, stirred up by the reading, or SEEING those passions well imitated. Hence philosophers and 56 other grave writers,... | |
 | Robert Mansel - 1814 - 232 pages
...ARISTOTLE to be of power, by raising piety and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions ; that is, to temper and reduce them...just measure, with a kind of delight, stirred up by the reading, or SEEING those passion» well imitated. Hence philosophers add other grave writers, as... | |
 | Aristotle - 1815 - 492 pages
...of power, by raising pity, and fear or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions j that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure,...by reading or seeing those passions well imitated." One thing should be added. Aristotie's assertion must be considered relatively to his own times and... | |
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