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Page 95
... reader in his eye . He ought in particular never to venture a bold thought or expreffion , till the reader be warmed and prepared for it . For this reason , an hyperbole in the beginning of a- ny work can never be in its place . Ex ...
... reader in his eye . He ought in particular never to venture a bold thought or expreffion , till the reader be warmed and prepared for it . For this reason , an hyperbole in the beginning of a- ny work can never be in its place . Ex ...
Page 262
... reader into the heat of ac- tion . The middle is properly where the action is the most involved ; and the end is where the event is brought about , and the defign accomplished . A design or plan thus happily perfected , after many ...
... reader into the heat of ac- tion . The middle is properly where the action is the most involved ; and the end is where the event is brought about , and the defign accomplished . A design or plan thus happily perfected , after many ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. The intelligent reader will by this time . understand , that I plead for no change of place in our plays but after an interval , nor for any latitude in point of time but what falls in ... reader will by this time. ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. The intelligent reader will by this time . understand , that I plead for no change of place in our plays but after an interval , nor for any latitude in point of time but what falls in ... reader will by this time. ...
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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