Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... culture , and how difficult to reform it if unhappily perverted . To furnish mate- rials for fupplying that defect , was an additional motive for the prefent under- taking . 1 Το To promote the fine arts in Britain , has become.
... culture , and how difficult to reform it if unhappily perverted . To furnish mate- rials for fupplying that defect , was an additional motive for the prefent under- taking . 1 Το To promote the fine arts in Britain , has become.
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... become of greater importance than is generally imagined . A flourishing com- merce begets opulence ; and opulence ... becomes fashionable ; and , infect- ing all ranks , extinguishes the amor patriæ , and every spark of public fpirit ...
... become of greater importance than is generally imagined . A flourishing com- merce begets opulence ; and opulence ... becomes fashionable ; and , infect- ing all ranks , extinguishes the amor patriæ , and every spark of public fpirit ...
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... becomes pain- ful by overstraining the mind : ceffation from fuch exercise gives not inftant relief ; it is necef- fary that the void be filled with fome amusement , gently relaxing the fpirits : organic pleasure , which hath no relish ...
... becomes pain- ful by overstraining the mind : ceffation from fuch exercise gives not inftant relief ; it is necef- fary that the void be filled with fome amusement , gently relaxing the fpirits : organic pleasure , which hath no relish ...
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... become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refinement . Manifold are the advantages of criticism , when thus ftudied as a rational fcience . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance with ...
... become a rational fcience ; and , like morals , may be cultivated to a high degree of refinement . Manifold are the advantages of criticism , when thus ftudied as a rational fcience . In the first place , a thorough acquaintance with ...
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... becomes a fubject of thought , it gene- rally fuggests many of its connections : among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting others ; and we can even infift up- on what has the flighteft connection . Where i ...
... becomes a fubject of thought , it gene- rally fuggests many of its connections : among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting others ; and we can even infift up- on what has the flighteft connection . Where i ...
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action againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears arifing arts beauty becauſe Cæfar cafe cauſe chap circumftance colour connection courfe courſe defcribing defire degree difagreeable difcover diftrefs dignity diſtinguiſh effect elevation emotion raiſed eſteem expreffion faid fame kind fcarce feeling feems fenfe fenfible fentiment fhall fhould fight fimilar final caufe fingle fingular fion firft firſt fmall fo complex focial fome fometimes foon fpecies fpectator ftill ftrong fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe fwell grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf Hudibras ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances interefting itſelf ject lefs meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt nature neceffary novelty obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffage paffing paffion pain perceive perceptions perfon pleaſant pleaſure prefent produce produceth propenfity puniſhment purpoſe qualities raife reafon refemblance reflection refpect reliſh ridicule rifible ſelfiſh Shakeſpear ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe tion uſeful variety
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Seite 272 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast?
Seite 496 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Seite 146 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Seite 66 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Seite 269 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Seite 492 - Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Seite 377 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Seite 146 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
Seite 126 - Out upon her ! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Seite 66 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.