Elements of Criticism, Volume 2J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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Pagina 33
... short excurfion in honour of a favourite writer . Letters on hiftory , vol . i . let . 5- It seems to me , that in order to maintain the moral fyftem of the world at a certain point , far below that of ideal perfection , ( for we are ...
... short excurfion in honour of a favourite writer . Letters on hiftory , vol . i . let . 5- It seems to me , that in order to maintain the moral fyftem of the world at a certain point , far below that of ideal perfection , ( for we are ...
Pagina 39
... short time he came to himself ; and the next day , they put him on board his ship , which conveyed him first to Corinth , and thence to the island of Ægina . I give another example of a period which is un- pleasant , even by a very ...
... short time he came to himself ; and the next day , they put him on board his ship , which conveyed him first to Corinth , and thence to the island of Ægina . I give another example of a period which is un- pleasant , even by a very ...
Pagina 91
... short , or a short fyllable made long , raises , by the difficulty of pro- nouncing contrary to custom , a feeling similar to that of hard labour : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labours , and the ...
... short , or a short fyllable made long , raises , by the difficulty of pro- nouncing contrary to custom , a feeling similar to that of hard labour : When Ajax ftrives fome rock's vast weight to throw , The line too labours , and the ...
Pagina 97
... short fyllables variously combined , produce a great variety of feet ; yet far inferior to the variety that is found in the multiplied com- binations of mufical notes . With refpect to high and low notes , pronunciation is ftill more ...
... short fyllables variously combined , produce a great variety of feet ; yet far inferior to the variety that is found in the multiplied com- binations of mufical notes . With refpect to high and low notes , pronunciation is ftill more ...
Pagina 99
... short ; and if álfo high and low , the mufic is the more perfect . The mufical impreffion made by a period confifting of long and short fyllables arranged in a certain order , is what the Greeks call rhythmus , the Latins nume- rus ...
... short ; and if álfo high and low , the mufic is the more perfect . The mufical impreffion made by a period confifting of long and short fyllables arranged in a certain order , is what the Greeks call rhythmus , the Latins nume- rus ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears beauty becauſe caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumftance cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription difagreeable diftinct diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid Engliſh epic epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparation fhall fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome ftill fubject fuch fupport fyllables garden greateſt hath Hexameter hiftory himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poem preſent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reaſon refpect reft reliſh repreſentation repreſented reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſpeech Spondees tafte taſte thefe theſe things thoſe thou tion uſe vafe verfe verſe words
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Pagina 337 - 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...
Pagina 317 - 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.
Pagina 281 - 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?
Pagina 332 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? 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...
Pagina 364 - I'll give my jewels, for a set of beads ; My gorgeous palace, for a hermitage ; My gay apparel, for an alms-man's gown ; My...
Pagina 187 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Pagina 237 - 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...
Pagina 192 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Pagina 197 - 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.
Pagina 279 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 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.