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Page 89
... kind or very little , ftrikes us with surprise ; and this emotion , like all others , prone to gratification , forces upon the mind a momentary conviction that the object is greater or less than it is in reality . The fame effect ...
... kind or very little , ftrikes us with surprise ; and this emotion , like all others , prone to gratification , forces upon the mind a momentary conviction that the object is greater or less than it is in reality . The fame effect ...
Page 116
... kind concern the conftruction of a meta- phor or allegory , and ascertain what are perfect and what are faulty : those of the other kind concern the propriety or impro- priety of introduction , in what circumstances these figures may be ...
... kind concern the conftruction of a meta- phor or allegory , and ascertain what are perfect and what are faulty : those of the other kind concern the propriety or impro- priety of introduction , in what circumstances these figures may be ...
Page 231
... kind . Thofe of the pathetic kind , are not confined within fo narrow limits . Subjects fitted for the theatre , are not in fuch plenty , as to make us reject innocent * If one can be amused with a grave discourse which pro- mifeth much ...
... kind . Thofe of the pathetic kind , are not confined within fo narrow limits . Subjects fitted for the theatre , are not in fuch plenty , as to make us reject innocent * If one can be amused with a grave discourse which pro- mifeth much ...
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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