Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... shall be given after premising some general obfervations . An object of one fenfe cannot be compa- red to an object of another ; for fuch ob- jects are totally feparated from each other , and have no circumftance in common to admit ...
... shall be given after premising some general obfervations . An object of one fenfe cannot be compa- red to an object of another ; for fuch ob- jects are totally feparated from each other , and have no circumftance in common to admit ...
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... shall be illuftrated by examples . The firft is a resemblance in- stituted betwixt two objects fo nearly rela- ted as to make little or no impreffion . This just rebuke inflam'd the Lycian crew , They join , they thicken , and th ...
... shall be illuftrated by examples . The firft is a resemblance in- stituted betwixt two objects fo nearly rela- ted as to make little or no impreffion . This just rebuke inflam'd the Lycian crew , They join , they thicken , and th ...
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... shall be of things contrasted that are of different kinds . Queen . What , is my Richard both in shape and mind Transform'd and weak ? Hath Bolingbroke de- pos'd Thine intellect ? Hath he been in thy heart ? The lion , dying , thrusteth ...
... shall be of things contrasted that are of different kinds . Queen . What , is my Richard both in shape and mind Transform'd and weak ? Hath Bolingbroke de- pos'd Thine intellect ? Hath he been in thy heart ? The lion , dying , thrusteth ...
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... shall be mentioned . Thus breathing death , in terrible array , The close - compacted legions urg'd their way : Fierce they drove on , impatient to destroy ; Troy charg'd the first , and Hector first of Troy . As from fome mountain's ...
... shall be mentioned . Thus breathing death , in terrible array , The close - compacted legions urg'd their way : Fierce they drove on , impatient to destroy ; Troy charg'd the first , and Hector first of Troy . As from fome mountain's ...
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... shall be further illuftrated by other ex- amples . Love , for example , in its infancy , roufing the imagination , prompts the heart to display itself in figurative language , and in fimiles : Troilus . Tell me , Apollo , for thy ...
... shall be further illuftrated by other ex- amples . Love , for example , in its infancy , roufing the imagination , prompts the heart to display itself in figurative language , and in fimiles : Troilus . Tell me , Apollo , for thy ...
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