 That this matter is but indiftinctly handled by critics: the poetical privilege of animating infenfible objects for enlivening a defcription, is very different from what is termed machinery, where deities, angels, devils, or other fupernatural powers,...  Poetical Works - Page 287by William Hayley - 1785Full view - About this book
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1762 - 464 pages
...of imagination, is defcriptive only, and aflumes not even an appearance of truth -f~. This is very different from what is termed machinery > where deities,...to the cataftrophe ; and yet thefe two things are con ftantly jumbled together in the reafoning. The poetical privilege of animating infenfible objects... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1765 - 578 pages
...critics : the poetical privilege of animating infenfible objects for enlivening a defcription, is very different from what is termed machinery, where deities,...perfonages, mixing in the action, and contributing to the catailrophe ; and yet thefe two things are constantly jumbled together in the reafoning. The former... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1772 - 398 pages
...critics: the poetical privilege of animating infenfible objects for enlivening a defcription, is very different from what is termed machinery, where deities,...contributing to the cataftrophe; and yet thefe two things are constantly jumbled together in the reafoning. The former is founded on a natural principle f- : but... | |
 | William Hayley - 1781 - 418 pages
...poetical privilege of " animating infenfible objects for enlivening a defcription, is very differ" ent from what is termed machinery, where deities, angels,...together in the reafoning. The former " is founded on a natural principle ; but can the latter claim the fame " authority ? So far from it, that nothing is... | |
 | William Hayley - 1782 - 312 pages
...poetical privilege of " animating infenfible objects for enlivening a defcription, is very differ" cnt from what is termed machinery, where deities, angels,...together in the reafoning. The former is founded on a natural principle ; but can the latter claim the fame. " authority ? So far from it, that nothing is... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1788 - 590 pages
...l'inAant d'après fur leurs jambes. Roitffean. » Third part of his art of poetry. fcription, is very different from what is termed machinery, where deities,...and contributing to the cataftrophe ; and yet thefe are conftantly jumbled together in the Veafoning. The former is founded on a natural principle * ;... | |
 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 450 pages
...enlivening a defcriptiou, is very different from what is termed machinery ,where deities, angcls.devils, or other fupernatural powers, are introduced as real...perfonages, mixing in the action, and contributing to the cataftropht ; and yet thefe two things are conflantry jumbled together in reafoning. The former is... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1807 - 588 pages
...introduced as real perfonages, mixing in the action, and contributing to the cataftrophe ; and yet thefe are conftantly jumbled together, in the reafoning. The former is founded on a natural principle* ; but can the latter claim the fame authority ? far from it ; nothing is more unnatural.... | |
 | Lord Henry Home Kames - 1816 - 452 pages
...critics : the poetical privilege of animating insensible objects for enlivening a description, is very different from what is termed machinery, where deities, angels, devils, or other supernatural powers, are introduced as real personages, mixing in the action, and contributing to the... | |
 | Henry Home (lord Kames.), Lord Henry Home Kames - 1817 - 532 pages
...critics: the poetical privilege of animating insensible objects for enlivening a description, is very different from what is termed machinery, where deities, angels, devils, or other supernatural powers, are introduced as real personages, mixing in the action, and contributing to the... | |
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