Elements of CriticismA.S. Barnes & Burr, 1863 - 486 pagina's |
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Pagina 36
... period : the poet can find no pretext for an adventure so extraordinary , but the hero's longing to visit the ghost of his father , recently dead in the mean time the story is interrupted , and the reader loses his ardor . Pity it is ...
... period : the poet can find no pretext for an adventure so extraordinary , but the hero's longing to visit the ghost of his father , recently dead in the mean time the story is interrupted , and the reader loses his ardor . Pity it is ...
Pagina 65
... periods of birth and increment ; and to give opportunity for these different periods , it is necessary that the cause of every emotion be present to the mind a due time ; for an emotion is not carried to its height but by reiterated ...
... periods of birth and increment ; and to give opportunity for these different periods , it is necessary that the cause of every emotion be present to the mind a due time ; for an emotion is not carried to its height but by reiterated ...
Pagina 68
... period ; for that is an anticlimax in description : Through breaking ranks his furious course he bends , And at the goddess his broad lance extends : Through her bright veil the daring weapon drove , Th ' ambrosial veil , which all the ...
... period ; for that is an anticlimax in description : Through breaking ranks his furious course he bends , And at the goddess his broad lance extends : Through her bright veil the daring weapon drove , Th ' ambrosial veil , which all the ...
Pagina 172
... period one or other of the former objects will intrude , perhaps oftener than once , till the attention be fixed entirely upon the new object . The same observations are applicable to ideas suggested by language : the mind can bear a ...
... period one or other of the former objects will intrude , perhaps oftener than once , till the attention be fixed entirely upon the new object . The same observations are applicable to ideas suggested by language : the mind can bear a ...
Pagina 220
... period of life , generally speaking , we eat at a certain hour , take exercise at a cer- tain hour , go to rest at a certain hour , all by the direction of habit ; nay , a particular seat , table , bed , comes to be essential ; and a ...
... period of life , generally speaking , we eat at a certain hour , take exercise at a cer- tain hour , go to rest at a certain hour , all by the direction of habit ; nay , a particular seat , table , bed , comes to be essential ; and a ...
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
action agreeable appear beauty blank verse burlesque Cæsar chapter circumstances colors connected degree disagreeable distinguished distress effect elevation emotion raised epic poem epic poetry example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure figure of speech final cause force garden give grandeur habit hath Hence Henry IV Hexameter Hudibras human ideas Iliad imagination impression instances Julius Cæsar kind language less Lord Kames manner means melody metaphor mind motion nature never novelty objects of sight observation occasion opposite ornaments Othello pain Paradise Lost passion pause peculiar perceive perceptions person pleasant emotion pleasure poem poetry principle produceth propensity proper proportion qualities reason regularity relation relish remarkable resemblance respect rhyme Richard II ridicule risible rule sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare simile sound spectator sublime syllables taste termed thee things thou thought tion tone uniformity variety verse words writers
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Pagina 384 - 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 260 - By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault...
Pagina 59 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs; She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful. She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man; she thank'd me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Pagina 218 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Pagina 33 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Pagina 415 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pagina 164 - 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?
Pagina 331 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Pagina 135 - 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...
Pagina 467 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain, Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field, and where the unpierced shade Imbrown'd the noontide bowers ; thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view...