Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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... appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now men- tioned , is that which in the moft perfect manner an- fwers its end . The feveral beauties of language above mentioned ...
... appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now men- tioned , is that which in the moft perfect manner an- fwers its end . The feveral beauties of language above mentioned ...
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... appears the most natural . The founds of the different let- ters come first : next , thefe founds as united in fylla- bles : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words united in a period and in the last place , periods uni- sted ...
... appears the most natural . The founds of the different let- ters come first : next , thefe founds as united in fylla- bles : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words united in a period and in the last place , periods uni- sted ...
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... appears , that a double found is always more agreeable than a single found every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the diphthong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly the fame holds where a ...
... appears , that a double found is always more agreeable than a single found every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the diphthong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly the fame holds where a ...
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... appears to me all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other circum- ftances that conftitute the beauty of words , the ftand- ard above mentioned is infallible when apply'd to fo- reign languages as ...
... appears to me all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other circum- ftances that conftitute the beauty of words , the ftand- ard above mentioned is infallible when apply'd to fo- reign languages as ...
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... appears by the oppofition larger than ufual ; and a small object , for the fame reafon , fucceeding one that is large , appears lefs than ufual * . Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcend . ing by large differences ...
... appears by the oppofition larger than ufual ; and a small object , for the fame reafon , fucceeding one that is large , appears lefs than ufual * . Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcend . ing by large differences ...
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accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appears beauty becauſe cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguished effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiment feparated fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimilar fimile fingle firft fome fpeech ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fupport garden hath Hexameter houſe Iliad impreffion inftances itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe Spondees tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe vafes verfe words
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Página 202 - Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
Página 193 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Página 145 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Página 223 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Página 144 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
Página 144 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Página 169 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?
Página 144 - 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...
Página 206 - 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 171 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...