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... never lion rag'd more fierce ; In peace , was never gentle lamb more mild ; Than was that young and princely gentleman , His face thou hast ; for even so look'd he , Accomplish'd with the number of thy hours . But when he frown'd , it ...
... never lion rag'd more fierce ; In peace , was never gentle lamb more mild ; Than was that young and princely gentleman , His face thou hast ; for even so look'd he , Accomplish'd with the number of thy hours . But when he frown'd , it ...
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... never relished ; the first periods of a work ought therefore to be short , natural , and fimple . Cicero , in his oration pro Archia poeta , errs against this rule his reader is out of breath at the very first period , which feems never ...
... never relished ; the first periods of a work ought therefore to be short , natural , and fimple . Cicero , in his oration pro Archia poeta , errs against this rule his reader is out of breath at the very first period , which feems never ...
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... never have reached any degree of perfection , had every man a taste peculiar to himself : there could not be any fuitable reward , either of profit or honour , to encourage men of ge- nius to labour in fuch works . The fame uniformity ...
... never have reached any degree of perfection , had every man a taste peculiar to himself : there could not be any fuitable reward , either of profit or honour , to encourage men of ge- nius to labour in fuch works . The fame uniformity ...
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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