Elements of Criticism, Volume 3Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 |
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Page 54
... PERSONIFICATION . THis figure , which gives life to things in- animate , is fo bold a delufion as to re- quire , one should imagine , very peculiar cir- cumftances for operating the effect . And yet , in the language of poetry , we find ...
... PERSONIFICATION . THis figure , which gives life to things in- animate , is fo bold a delufion as to re- quire , one should imagine , very peculiar cir- cumftances for operating the effect . And yet , in the language of poetry , we find ...
Page 64
... personification arises to an actual conviction ; and therefore must be confi- dered as of a lower or inferior fort . perfonification is of two kinds . The first or nobler , may be termed paffionate personi- fication : the other , or ...
... personification arises to an actual conviction ; and therefore must be confi- dered as of a lower or inferior fort . perfonification is of two kinds . The first or nobler , may be termed paffionate personi- fication : the other , or ...
Page 76
... personifications . But a writer , even in the most lively description , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch easy personifications as agree with the tone of mind infpired by the description . In plain narrative ...
... personifications . But a writer , even in the most lively description , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch easy personifications as agree with the tone of mind infpired by the description . In plain narrative ...
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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