Elements of Criticism, Band 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... because , in writing or fpeaking , things can only be compared in idea , and the ideas of visible objects are by far more lively than those of any other fenfe . It has no good effect to compare things by way of fimile that are of the ...
... because , in writing or fpeaking , things can only be compared in idea , and the ideas of visible objects are by far more lively than those of any other fenfe . It has no good effect to compare things by way of fimile that are of the ...
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... Because fhe's furpris'd ; that's a general rule ; you must ever make a fimile when you are furprised ; ' tis a new way of writing . ? ? A comparison is not always faultlefs , even where it is properly introduced . I have endeavoured ...
... Because fhe's furpris'd ; that's a general rule ; you must ever make a fimile when you are furprised ; ' tis a new way of writing . ? ? A comparison is not always faultlefs , even where it is properly introduced . I have endeavoured ...
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... because of the faintness of the re- femblance , produces no good effect , and crowds the narration with an useless image . The next error I fhall mention is a capi- tal one . In an epic poem , or in any ele- vated fubject , a writer ...
... because of the faintness of the re- femblance , produces no good effect , and crowds the narration with an useless image . The next error I fhall mention is a capi- tal one . In an epic poem , or in any ele- vated fubject , a writer ...
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... because feldom or terms . 7 See appendix , containing definitions and explanation of never is perfonification in a description car- ried the length never 64 Ch . XX . FIGURES . day, the morn, are here understood to be ...
... because feldom or terms . 7 See appendix , containing definitions and explanation of never is perfonification in a description car- ried the length never 64 Ch . XX . FIGURES . day, the morn, are here understood to be ...
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... because they suggest not any image to the mind : I can readily form an image of Alexander or Achilles in wrath , but I cannot form an image of wrath in the abstract , or of wrath inde- pendent of a perfon . Upon that account , in works ...
... because they suggest not any image to the mind : I can readily form an image of Alexander or Achilles in wrath , but I cannot form an image of wrath in the abstract , or of wrath inde- pendent of a perfon . Upon that account , in works ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo allegory alſo appears beauty becauſe betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumftance compariſon compofition confidered Cymbeline defcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect effential emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fcene fect feems fenfe fenfible fhall fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpectator fpeech ftandard ftill fubject fuch fuppofe garden hath Henry IV Henry VI himſelf houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances itſelf ject lefs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion oppofite ornament paffage paffing paffion Paradife Loft perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſure prefent principle proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance Richard II ſcene ſenſe ſome ſtage ſtate ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe vafes words
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Seite 178 - 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 15 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell, Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires...
Seite 211 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My...
Seite 67 - 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 12 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Seite 17 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Seite 199 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Seite 18 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once...
Seite 62 - First in his east the glorious lamp was seen, Regent of day, and all th' horizon round Invested with bright rays, jocund to run His longitude through heav'n's high road; the gray Dawn and the Pleiades before him danc'd, Shedding sweet influence...
Seite 55 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.