Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... rules about the propriety or impro- priety of comparisons ; in what circumstances they may be introduced , and in what circum- stances they are out of place . It is evident , that a comparison is not proper upon every occafion ; a man ...
... rules about the propriety or impro- priety of comparisons ; in what circumstances they may be introduced , and in what circum- stances they are out of place . It is evident , that a comparison is not proper upon every occafion ; a man ...
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... rule ; you must ever make a fimile when you are furprised ; ' tis a new way of writing . ? ? A comparison is not always faultlefs , even where it is properly introduced . I have endeavoured above to give a general view of the different ...
... rule ; you must ever make a fimile when you are furprised ; ' tis a new way of writing . ? ? A comparison is not always faultlefs , even where it is properly introduced . I have endeavoured above to give a general view of the different ...
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... rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to one that is diminutive , however delicate the refem- blance may be . It is the peculiar character of of a grand object to fix the attention , and 36 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
... rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to one that is diminutive , however delicate the refem- blance may be . It is the peculiar character of of a grand object to fix the attention , and 36 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
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... rule chiefly regards descriptive personification : for an object can hardly be mean that is the caufe of a violent paffion ; in that circumftance , at least , it must be an object of importance , With respect to this point , it would be ...
... rule chiefly regards descriptive personification : for an object can hardly be mean that is the caufe of a violent paffion ; in that circumftance , at least , it must be an object of importance , With respect to this point , it would be ...
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... rule the vary'd year , Sullen and fad with all his rifing train , Vapours , and clouds , and forms . Winter , l . 1 . This has violently the air of writing me- chanically without tafte . It is not natural , that the imagination of a ...
... rule the vary'd year , Sullen and fad with all his rifing train , Vapours , and clouds , and forms . Winter , l . 1 . This has violently the air of writing me- chanically without tafte . It is not natural , that the imagination of a ...
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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 178 - 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 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.