Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Pagina 19
... reader , that when the re- fembling 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 ...
... reader , that when the re- fembling 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 ...
Pagina 52
... little too far . Sir Charles . O ! Not at all . You fhall fee , I'll fweeten her , and fhe'll cool like a dish of tea . Ibid . CHAP . CHA P. XX . 54 T FIGURE S. HE reader 52 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS . Sir Charles. O! Not at all. You ...
... little too far . Sir Charles . O ! Not at all . You fhall fee , I'll fweeten her , and fhe'll cool like a dish of tea . Ibid . CHAP . CHA P. XX . 54 T FIGURE S. HE reader 52 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS . Sir Charles. O! Not at all. You ...
Pagina 53
... reader must not expect to find here a complete lift of the different tropes and figures that have been & carefully noted by ancient critics and gram- marians . Tropes and figures have indeed been multiplied with fo little reserve , as ...
... reader must not expect to find here a complete lift of the different tropes and figures that have been & carefully noted by ancient critics and gram- marians . Tropes and figures have indeed been multiplied with fo little reserve , as ...
Pagina 54
... is the effect of fuch epithets , when apply'd to things inani- mate ? Do they raise in the mind of the reader a perception of fenfibility ? Do they make make him conceive the ground , the church - yard 54 Ch . XX . FIGURES . SECT. ...
... is the effect of fuch epithets , when apply'd to things inani- mate ? Do they raise in the mind of the reader a perception of fenfibility ? Do they make make him conceive the ground , the church - yard 54 Ch . XX . FIGURES . SECT. ...
Pagina 76
... reader , catching fire by sympathy , relishes the boldest personifications . But a writer , even in the most lively defcription , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch easy personifications as agree with the tone ...
... reader , catching fire by sympathy , relishes the boldest personifications . But a writer , even in the most lively defcription , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch easy personifications as agree with the tone ...
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
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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