Elements of Criticism, Volume 1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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Palavras e frases frequentes
action Æneid agreeable alſo appear beauty becauſe Cæfar cafe cauſe chap circumſtance connection courſe defire deſcribed deſcription diftinguiſhed diſagreeable diſcover diſguſt diſſimilar diſtreſs eaſy effect elevation emotion raiſed eſt eſteem exiſt expreſſed expreſſion external fame feeling fimilar final cauſe fingular fion firſt flight fome fublime fuch grandeur gratification hath hiſtory illuſtrated impreſſion inſtances intereſting itſelf jects juſt laſt leſs loſs meaſure mind moſt motion muſic muſt nature neceſſary object obſervation occafion oppoſite Othello paffion pain paſſing paſſion perceptions perſon pleasant pleaſure prefence preſent produce produceth puniſh purpoſe reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect riſible ſame ſay ſcarce ſcene ſcience ſelfiſh ſenſe ſenſible ſentiments ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſhort ſhould ſhows ſingle ſmall ſocial ſome ſometimes ſpeaking ſpecies ſpectator ſpirits ſpread ſtances ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtrong ſubject ſucceſſion ſuch ſufficient ſurpriſe ſweet ſwell ſympathy taſte theſe thing thoſe thou tion uſe
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Página 287 - 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?
Página 157 - I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Página 156 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Página 283 - 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...
Página 162 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Página 74 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. 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.
Página 510 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Página 221 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Página 136 - 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.
Página 161 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!