Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 44
Page 30
... beginning with the former , handled abstractedly , and descending to the latter . But , though criticism is thus his only declared aim , he will not disown , that all along it has been his view , to explain the Nature of Man ...
... beginning with the former , handled abstractedly , and descending to the latter . But , though criticism is thus his only declared aim , he will not disown , that all along it has been his view , to explain the Nature of Man ...
Page 54
... beginning ; and the new passion swells by degrees , till it rivals in some measure self - love , the primary passion . To demonstrate the truth of this theory , I urge the following argument . Remorse for betraying a friend , or ...
... beginning ; and the new passion swells by degrees , till it rivals in some measure self - love , the primary passion . To demonstrate the truth of this theory , I urge the following argument . Remorse for betraying a friend , or ...
Page 58
... beginning at the latter , and passing from it to the former . This vibration of the mind in passing and repassing between things related , explains the facts above mentioned : the mind passeth easily from the father to the daughter ...
... beginning at the latter , and passing from it to the former . This vibration of the mind in passing and repassing between things related , explains the facts above mentioned : the mind passeth easily from the father to the daughter ...
Page 82
... Beginning with internal effects , I discover two , clearly dis- tinguishable from each other , both of them produced by pleasant emotions that are similar ; of which , the one may be represented by addition in numbers , the other by ...
... Beginning with internal effects , I discover two , clearly dis- tinguishable from each other , both of them produced by pleasant emotions that are similar ; of which , the one may be represented by addition in numbers , the other by ...
Page 97
... Beginning with computation of time while it is passing , it is a common and trite observation , That to lovers absence appears immeasurably long , every minute an hour , and every day a year : the same computation is made in every case ...
... Beginning with computation of time while it is passing , it is a common and trite observation , That to lovers absence appears immeasurably long , every minute an hour , and every day a year : the same computation is made in every case ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action Æneid agreeable appear beauty blank verse burlesque Cæsar chapter circumstance 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 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