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[2]Reflexions sur la poetique, 36
[3]Painters make no scruple of representing distress and
sorrow as well as any other passion: But they seem not to
dwell so much on these melancholy affections as the poets,
who, tho' they copy every emotion of the human breast, yet
pass very quickly over the agreeable sentiments. A painter
represents only one instant; and if that be passionate enough,
it is sure to affect and delight the spectator: But nothing
can furnish to the poet a variety of scenes and inci dents and
sentiments, except distress, terror, or anxiety.
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