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Página 53
... close . The breaking silence rouses the attention , and prepares for a deep im- pression at the beginning : the beginning , how- ever , must yield to the close ; which being succeed- ed by a pause , affords time for a word to make its ...
... close . The breaking silence rouses the attention , and prepares for a deep im- pression at the beginning : the beginning , how- ever , must yield to the close ; which being succeed- ed by a pause , affords time for a word to make its ...
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... close is the most advantageous for making an impression . Hence , in directing our discourse to a man of figure , we ought to begin with his name ; and one will be sensible of a de- gradation , when this rule is neglected , as it fre ...
... close is the most advantageous for making an impression . Hence , in directing our discourse to a man of figure , we ought to begin with his name ; and one will be sensible of a de- gradation , when this rule is neglected , as it fre ...
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... close : which cannot be done but by inverting the natural arrangement . By introducing a word or member before its time , curiosity is raised about what is to follow ; and it is agreeable to have our curiosity gratified at the close of ...
... close : which cannot be done but by inverting the natural arrangement . By introducing a word or member before its time , curiosity is raised about what is to follow ; and it is agreeable to have our curiosity gratified at the close of ...
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... close upon the word composition ; after which it goes on lan- guidly , and closes without force . This blemish will be avoided by the following arrangement : Were instruction an essential circumstance in epic poetry , I doubt whether ...
... close upon the word composition ; after which it goes on lan- guidly , and closes without force . This blemish will be avoided by the following arrangement : Were instruction an essential circumstance in epic poetry , I doubt whether ...
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... close of the period , ought never to be preferred before perspicuity . Neither ought such suspension to be attempted in a long period ; because in that case the mind is be- wildered amidst a profusion of words : a traveller , while he ...
... close of the period , ought never to be preferred before perspicuity . Neither ought such suspension to be attempted in a long period ; because in that case the mind is be- wildered amidst a profusion of words : a traveller , while he ...
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abstract accent action admit Æneid agreeable allegory appear beauty blank verse capital Carm cause Chapter circumstance colour comparison composition confined connected connexion couplet Demetrius Phalereus distinguished effect elevation emotions employed Eneid epic poem epic poetry equal Euripides expression figure of speech Fingal foregoing garden give hath Hence Henry VI Hexameter Hexameter line Horat idea Iliad imagination imitation impression ject kind language less light long syllable manner means melody metaphor mind motion nature never object observed ornaments Paradise Lost passion pause perceived perception period personification pleasure poet principal pronounced proper proportion reader reason regularity relation relish resemblance respect rhyme Richard II rule scarce scene sect sense sensible short syllables signify simile sion sound spectator Spondees substantive taste termed thee thing thou thought tion tragedy tree variety verb verse words writer
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Página 195 - For the vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for judgment, but behold oppression; For righteousness, but behold a cry.
Página 235 - One cried, God bless us ! and, Amen, the other ; As they had seen me, with these hangman's hands, Listening their fear. I could not say, amen, When they did say, God bless us.
Página 237 - I love thee, and it is my love that speaks— 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 132 - The current that with gentle murmur glides, Thou know'st, being stopp'd, impatiently doth rage ; But when his fair course is not hindered, He makes sweet music with the enamell'd stones, Giving a gentle kiss to every sedge He overtaketh in his pilgrimage ; And so by many winding nooks he strays, With willing sport, to the wild ocean.
Página 134 - In these two princely boys! They are as gentle As zephyrs, blowing below the violet, Not wagging his sweet head: and yet as rough, Their royal blood enchafd, as the rud'st wind, That by the top doth take the mountain pine, And make him stoop to the vale.
Página 165 - 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 deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes ? Canst thou, O partial sleep!
Página 111 - As through unquiet rest: he, on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight! Awake...
Página 195 - My well-beloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill: and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein: And he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Página 113 - Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seemed lords of all, And worthy seemed, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shone, Truth, wisdom, sanctitude severe and pure, Severe, but in true filial freedom placed; Whence true authority in men...
Página 193 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.