Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 17
... feels a fort of mixt emotion partaking both of deri- fion and of anger . This accounts for an expreffion , common ... feel in ridiculing the follies and abfurdities VOL . II . C abfurdities of others . And accordingly , it is well Ch ...
... feels a fort of mixt emotion partaking both of deri- fion and of anger . This accounts for an expreffion , common ... feel in ridiculing the follies and abfurdities VOL . II . C abfurdities of others . And accordingly , it is well Ch ...
Page 29
... feels that the perfection of his na- ture confists in virtue , particularly in virtue of the highest rank . To exprefs this sense , the term dignity is appropriated . Further , to behave with dignity , and to refrain from all mean ...
... feels that the perfection of his na- ture confists in virtue , particularly in virtue of the highest rank . To exprefs this sense , the term dignity is appropriated . Further , to behave with dignity , and to refrain from all mean ...
Page 32
... feeling * , are free from any sense of meanness ; and for that reafon are indulged without any fhame . They even ... feels in himself the fame dignity . Sympathetic diftrefs at 肇 See the Introduction . the the fame time never is mean ...
... feeling * , are free from any sense of meanness ; and for that reafon are indulged without any fhame . They even ... feels in himself the fame dignity . Sympathetic diftrefs at 肇 See the Introduction . the the fame time never is mean ...
Page 92
... feels , at the end of the ufual inter- val , a confused pain of want , which in its firft appearance points at nothing in parti- cular , though it foon fettles upon its accu- ftomed object . The fame may be obferved in perfons addicted ...
... feels , at the end of the ufual inter- val , a confused pain of want , which in its firft appearance points at nothing in parti- cular , though it foon fettles upon its accu- ftomed object . The fame may be obferved in perfons addicted ...
Page 104
... feels upon being de- livered from the rack , the caufe of which is explained above * . This pleasure however is but occafionally the effect of habit ; and however exquifite , is guarded against as much as poffible , by preventing want ...
... feels upon being de- livered from the rack , the caufe of which is explained above * . This pleasure however is but occafionally the effect of habit ; and however exquifite , is guarded against as much as poffible , by preventing want ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt beſtow betwixt cafe caufe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf Jane Shore laft language laſt lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſh purpoſe raiſed reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſcarce ſenſe ſeparate ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpectator Spondees ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe ther theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words