Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 129
... scene every line . " < c A few words more upon allegory . No- thing gives greater pleasure than this figure , when the reprefentative fubject bears a ftrong analogy , in all its circumstances , to that which is reprefented . But the ...
... scene every line . " < c A few words more upon allegory . No- thing gives greater pleasure than this figure , when the reprefentative fubject bears a ftrong analogy , in all its circumstances , to that which is reprefented . But the ...
Page 136
... scene . But metaphorical language is proper when a man struggles to bear with dignity or decency a misfortune however great . The ftruggle agitates and animates the mind ' : Wolfey . Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ...
... scene . But metaphorical language is proper when a man struggles to bear with dignity or decency a misfortune however great . The ftruggle agitates and animates the mind ' : Wolfey . Farewell , a long farewell , to all my greatness ...
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... scenes , are not altogether fo horrible as Sin is in Milton's picture ; yet with every person of taste , disgust will be the prevail- ing emotion . Strophades Graio ftant nomine dictæ Infulæ Ionio in magno : quas dira Celano ...
... scenes , are not altogether fo horrible as Sin is in Milton's picture ; yet with every person of taste , disgust will be the prevail- ing emotion . Strophades Graio ftant nomine dictæ Infulæ Ionio in magno : quas dira Celano ...
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... scene of comedy is generally laid at home : famili- arity is no objection ; and we are peculiarly fenfible of the ridicule of our own manners . After a proper fubject is chofen , there appears to me fome delicacy in dividing it into ...
... scene of comedy is generally laid at home : famili- arity is no objection ; and we are peculiarly fenfible of the ridicule of our own manners . After a proper fubject is chofen , there appears to me fome delicacy in dividing it into ...
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... scene , as reprefented by Sopho- cles . Her voice is heard calling out for mercy , bitter expoftulations on his part , loud fhrieks upon her being ftabb'd , and then a deep filence . I appeal to every per- fon of feeling , whether this ...
... scene , as reprefented by Sopho- cles . Her voice is heard calling out for mercy , bitter expoftulations on his part , loud fhrieks upon her being ftabb'd , and then a deep filence . I appeal to every per- fon of feeling , whether this ...
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