Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... sense , but even where there is a very intimate connection , that of cause and effect ; for it is the levity of the wife that torments the hufband . Will maintain Upon his bad life to make all this good . King Richard II . act 1. fc . 2 ...
... sense , but even where there is a very intimate connection , that of cause and effect ; for it is the levity of the wife that torments the hufband . Will maintain Upon his bad life to make all this good . King Richard II . act 1. fc . 2 ...
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... sense cannot be complete . For anfwering this pur- pofe , I obferve in Greek and Latin two different methods : adjectives are declined as well as fub- ftantives ; and declenfion ferves to afcertain the connection that is between them ...
... sense cannot be complete . For anfwering this pur- pofe , I obferve in Greek and Latin two different methods : adjectives are declined as well as fub- ftantives ; and declenfion ferves to afcertain the connection that is between them ...
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... sense requires a cadence . The reader may be fatisfied of this by experiments ; and for that purpose I recommend to him the Rape of the Lock , which , in point of verfification , is the most complete performance in the English language ...
... sense requires a cadence . The reader may be fatisfied of this by experiments ; and for that purpose I recommend to him the Rape of the Lock , which , in point of verfification , is the most complete performance in the English language ...
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... sense of melody . Syllables variable in quantity cannot poffefs this power ; for though custom may render familiar , both a long and a fhort pronunciation of the fame word ; yet the mind wavering between the two founds , cannot be fo ...
... sense of melody . Syllables variable in quantity cannot poffefs this power ; for though custom may render familiar , both a long and a fhort pronunciation of the fame word ; yet the mind wavering between the two founds , cannot be fo ...
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... sense . What is faid fhall be illuftrated by examples of each fort or order . And firft of the pause af- ter the fourth fyllable : Back Back through the paths || of pleasing sense I rah 124 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch.XVIII .
... sense . What is faid fhall be illuftrated by examples of each fort or order . And firft of the pause af- ter the fourth fyllable : Back Back through the paths || of pleasing sense I rah 124 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch.XVIII .
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Seite 184 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Seite 327 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
Seite 234 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
Seite 277 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Seite 234 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Seite 312 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Seite 235 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Seite 332 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
Seite 432 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Seite 277 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...