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Ferme omnes feriorum poetafum hac in re
ni-mis funt loquaces c). Levisfimas res explicant,
nec illuftrant affeftum, fed opprimunt quali
molé imaginum poeticarum, quae faepenumero
longius petitae funt d).
Nemo autem inter feriores tam proxime
hac in re ad praeMntiam prifcorum accedit,
quam Shakefpearius, fi perverfo möre fui
l’e-culi non abreptus, genium fuum lequitur. Quid
magis horrore perftringit pectora hominum,
quam adfpedtus Learii regis, qui in fcenam
prodit, exanime corpus Cordeliae mann tenens,
nec perfuaderi fibi patitur, eam esfe mortuam e).
Dolores excruciati fenis non erumpunt in ver»
ba,
c) Confcr exempli causfa Racinium, qnanlopcre fibi
placeat in" oflendendis jnotibus amoris et orientis ct
ingravefcentis. Phaedra ACx. I , fc. 4:
Je le vis, je rougis, je pålis à fa vue
Un trouble Péleva dans mon ame éperdue. &c.
d) Cf. Metaftafii fabula Didone abba» don at a A&. I, fc.
13, in qua Jarbas fenfa animi nimio ultionis ftudiQ
exafperati in hunc modtim eloquitur :
Son quel fiume, che gonfio d’umori,
Qnando’1 gelo fi fcioglie ir, torrenti ,
Solve, armenti , capannc, e paltori
Porta feco, c ritegno non ha,
Ilaec esfe potios commoti pe&oris molcfiiam defcrj»
bentis , quam fentientis facjle vides.
f) King Lear, Aft. V, fc, 3;
* — . — Lcnd me a looking-glafsj
lf that her breath will jnift or Hain the ftone,
Why, thcn fhe lives,
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