Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... fubject ; and there- fore the pleasure they afford , muft arife from suggesting resemblances that are not obvious : I mean the chief pleasure ; for undoubtedly a beautiful fubject introduced to form the fimile affords a feparate plea ...
... fubject ; and there- fore the pleasure they afford , muft arife from suggesting resemblances that are not obvious : I mean the chief pleasure ; for undoubtedly a beautiful fubject introduced to form the fimile affords a feparate plea ...
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... embellish- ing the principal fubject by affociating it with others that are agreeable , which is the the third end of a comparifon . Similes of this 16 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS . the images introduced: but furely without ...
... embellish- ing the principal fubject by affociating it with others that are agreeable , which is the the third end of a comparifon . Similes of this 16 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS . the images introduced: but furely without ...
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... fubject or circumstance is once pro- perly introduced in a fimile , the mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amufed with them , without feeling any dif guft at the flight interruption . Thus , in fine weather ...
... fubject or circumstance is once pro- perly introduced in a fimile , the mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amufed with them , without feeling any dif guft at the flight interruption . Thus , in fine weather ...
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... fubject , it will be neceffa- ry to make fome obfervations upon fuch faulty comparisons . I begin with obferving , that nothing can be more erroneous than to inftitute a comparison too faint : a diftant refemblance or contraft ...
... fubject , it will be neceffa- ry to make fome obfervations upon fuch faulty comparisons . I begin with obferving , that nothing can be more erroneous than to inftitute a comparison too faint : a diftant refemblance or contraft ...
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... fubject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to one that is diminutive ...
... fubject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to one that is diminutive ...
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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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Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 18 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once...
Página 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...
Página 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.