Elements of CriticismF.J. Huntington, and Mason & Law, 1853 - 504 páginas |
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... observation that holds equally true in every one of the external senses . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impression . In touching , tasting , and smelling , we are sensible of the impression : that , for example ...
... observation that holds equally true in every one of the external senses . But there is a difference as to our knowledge of that impression . In touching , tasting , and smelling , we are sensible of the impression : that , for example ...
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... observation holds equally in natural sounds ; such as the singing of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , has accurately suited them to each other . But of a poem ...
... observation holds equally in natural sounds ; such as the singing of birds , or the murmuring of a brook . Nature here , the artificer of the object as well as of the percipient , has accurately suited them to each other . But of a poem ...
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... observing , that in a new subject , no less nice than extensive , errors are , in some measure , unavoidable . Neither pretends he to justify his taste in every particular . That point must be extremely clear , which admits not variety ...
... observing , that in a new subject , no less nice than extensive , errors are , in some measure , unavoidable . Neither pretends he to justify his taste in every particular . That point must be extremely clear , which admits not variety ...
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... observation , that a great or comprehensive memory is seldom connected with a good judgment . As an additional ... observe that , in things of equal rank , such as sheep in a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be indifferent in what ...
... observation , that a great or comprehensive memory is seldom connected with a good judgment . As an additional ... observe that , in things of equal rank , such as sheep in a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be indifferent in what ...
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... observe justly , that while we guard against some dan- gers , we are exposed to others we cannot foresee : he ends with dis ... observation in a sprightly manner by several examples , the author , forgetting his subject , enters upon a ...
... observe justly , that while we guard against some dan- gers , we are exposed to others we cannot foresee : he ends with dis ... observation in a sprightly manner by several examples , the author , forgetting his subject , enters upon a ...
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accent action Æneid agreeable appear arts beauty Cæsar Chap circumstances color congruity connected degree Demetrius Phalereus desire disagreeable distinguished distress effect elevation emotion raised epic poetry equally example expression Falstaff feeling figure figure of speech final cause Fingal foregoing former garden give grandeur gratification hand Heav'n Hence Henry IV Hexameter human ideal presence ideas Iliad imagination impression instances Julius Cæsar kind language less manner means melody mind motion Mourning Bride nature never observation occasion ornaments Oroonoko Othello Ovid pain Paradise Lost passion pause perceive perceptions person pity pleasant emotion pleasure poem present propensity proper proportion propriety qualities reader reason regularity relation relish remarkable resemblance respect Richard II risible rule scarcely sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare simile sion sound spectator Spondees sublime succession syllables taste termed thee things thou thought tion tone uniformity variety verse words writer
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Página 348 - 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 deaf ning clamours in the slippery clouds...
Página 47 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs ; She swore, — in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange ; 'Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man...
Página 387 - 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!
Página 84 - If 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 : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Página 310 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. « Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Página 44 - 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...
Página 110 - The lives of many. The cease of majesty Dies not alone; but like a gulf doth draw What's near it with it: it is a massy wheel, Fix'd on the summit of the highest mount, To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser things Are mortis'd and adjoin'd; which, when it falls, Each small annexment, petty consequence, Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
Página 419 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed 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...
Página 110 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Página 397 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.