Elements of Criticism, Volume 3Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 |
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... compared , as alfo of tafte , and of touch . But the chief fund of comparison are objects of fight ; because , in writing or speaking , things can only be compared in idea , and the ideas of visible objects are by far more lively than ...
... compared , as alfo of tafte , and of touch . But the chief fund of comparison are objects of fight ; because , in writing or speaking , things can only be compared in idea , and the ideas of visible objects are by far more lively than ...
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... compared to a fenfible being . And this very comparison is itself a demonstration , that there is no personification in such expref- fions . For , by the very nature of a com- parison , the things compared are kept dif- tinct , and the ...
... compared to a fenfible being . And this very comparison is itself a demonstration , that there is no personification in such expref- fions . For , by the very nature of a com- parison , the things compared are kept dif- tinct , and the ...
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... compared with English rhyme mean ii . 421 . rhyme ii . 441. compared with blank verse ü . Ι Ν D Ε Χ . I D E.
... compared with English rhyme mean ii . 421 . rhyme ii . 441. compared with blank verse ü . Ι Ν D Ε Χ . I D E.
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word