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Page 172
... rule his reader is out of breath at the very first period , which feems never to end . Burnet begins the hiftory of his own times . with a period long and intricate . A third rule or obfervation is , That where the fubject is intended ...
... rule his reader is out of breath at the very first period , which feems never to end . Burnet begins the hiftory of his own times . with a period long and intricate . A third rule or obfervation is , That where the fubject is intended ...
Page 362
... rule ; and it is the province of judges , in matters especially of equity , to apply that rule in 362 STANDARD OF TASTE . Ch . XXV . Hence every man is esteemed and respected ...
... rule ; and it is the province of judges , in matters especially of equity , to apply that rule in 362 STANDARD OF TASTE . Ch . XXV . Hence every man is esteemed and respected ...
Page 389
... rule , is perceived and faid to be regular . Thus a circle , a square , a hexa- gon , an equilateral triangle , are regular fi- gures , being composed by a rule that deter- mines the form of each . When the form of a line or of a figure ...
... rule , is perceived and faid to be regular . Thus a circle , a square , a hexa- gon , an equilateral triangle , are regular fi- gures , being composed by a rule that deter- mines the form of each . When the form of a line or of a figure ...
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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