Elements of Criticism, Band 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... With refpect to the latter , a comparison may be employ'd to produce various pleasures by different . means . First , by fuggefting fome unusual * Chap . 8 . A 2 resemblance 1 resemblance or contraft : fecond , by fet- ting ELEMENTS ...
... With refpect to the latter , a comparison may be employ'd to produce various pleasures by different . means . First , by fuggefting fome unusual * Chap . 8 . A 2 resemblance 1 resemblance or contraft : fecond , by fet- ting ELEMENTS ...
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... means by which comparison can afford pleafure ; and , in the order above established , I shall begin with those instances that are agreeable by fuggesting some unusual refemblance or contrast : Sweet are the uses of Adversity , Which ...
... means by which comparison can afford pleafure ; and , in the order above established , I shall begin with those instances that are agreeable by fuggesting some unusual refemblance or contrast : Sweet are the uses of Adversity , Which ...
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... mean the chief pleasure ; for undoubtedly a beautiful fubject introduced to form the fimile affords a feparate plea- fure , which is felt in the fimiles mentioned , particularly in that cited from Milton . The next effect of a ...
... mean the chief pleasure ; for undoubtedly a beautiful fubject introduced to form the fimile affords a feparate plea- fure , which is felt in the fimiles mentioned , particularly in that cited from Milton . The next effect of a ...
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... funders him from thence , Saying , he'll lave it dry to have his way : So do I wish , the crown being fo far off , And so I chide the means that keep me from it , And And fo ( I fay ) I'll cut the causes Ch.XIX . 13 COMPARISONS .
... funders him from thence , Saying , he'll lave it dry to have his way : So do I wish , the crown being fo far off , And so I chide the means that keep me from it , And And fo ( I fay ) I'll cut the causes Ch.XIX . 13 COMPARISONS .
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... means a greater fi- gure than when an idea is formed of it ac- cording to truth . The elevation however in this case , is far from being fo great as when the perfonification arises to an actual conviction ; and therefore must be confi ...
... means a greater fi- gure than when an idea is formed of it ac- cording to truth . The elevation however in this case , is far from being fo great as when the perfonification arises to an actual conviction ; and therefore must be confi ...
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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.