Elements of CriticismA.S. Barnes & Burr, 1863 - 486 pages |
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... proportion to its bulk . A child perceives that when its little box is filled with playthings , there is no room or space for more . Space is also applied to signify the dis tance of visible objects from each other ; and such space ...
... proportion to its bulk . A child perceives that when its little box is filled with playthings , there is no room or space for more . Space is also applied to signify the dis tance of visible objects from each other ; and such space ...
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... proportion is also required in different things intimately con- nected , as between a dwelling - house , the garden , and the stables ; but we require no proportion among things slightly connected , as between the table a man writes on ...
... proportion is also required in different things intimately con- nected , as between a dwelling - house , the garden , and the stables ; but we require no proportion among things slightly connected , as between the table a man writes on ...
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... proportion to the degree of their connection with the principal subject . In the following passage , different things are brought together without the slightest connec- tion , if it be not what may be called verbal , i . e . taking the ...
... proportion to the degree of their connection with the principal subject . In the following passage , different things are brought together without the slightest connec- tion , if it be not what may be called verbal , i . e . taking the ...
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... proportion ; but the remaining pain balanceth the joy . This mixed emotion , however , hath no long en- durance ; for the joy that ariseth upon the diminution of pain soon vanisheth , and leaveth in the undisturbed possession that ...
... proportion ; but the remaining pain balanceth the joy . This mixed emotion , however , hath no long en- durance ; for the joy that ariseth upon the diminution of pain soon vanisheth , and leaveth in the undisturbed possession that ...
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... proportion to the degree of connection . Nor doth self - love rest here : it is , by the force of connection , communicated even to things inanimate ; and hence the affection a man bears to his property , and to every thing he calls his ...
... proportion to the degree of connection . Nor doth self - love rest here : it is , by the force of connection , communicated even to things inanimate ; and hence the affection a man bears to his property , and to every thing he calls his ...
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Page 384 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...
Page 260 - By the o'ergrowth of some complexion, Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault...
Page 59 - My story being done, She gave me for my pains a world of sighs; She swore, in faith, 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange; Twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful. She wish'd she had not heard it, yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man; she thank'd me, And bade me, if I had a friend that loved her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Page 218 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 33 - Keech, the butcher's wife, come in then and call me gossip Quickly ? coming in to borrow a mess of vinegar ; telling us she had a good dish of prawns ; whereby thou didst desire to eat some, whereby I told thee they were ill for a green wound...
Page 415 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Page 164 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 331 - Favours to none, to all she smiles extends ; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride...
Page 135 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Page 467 - With mazy error under pendent shades Ran nectar, visiting each plant, and fed Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain, Both where the morning sun first warmly smote The open field, and where the unpierced shade Imbrown'd the noontide bowers ; thus was this place A happy rural seat of various view...