Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... 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 ' affault renew ; Unmov'd th'embody'd Greeks their fury dare , And fix'd fupport ...
... 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 ' affault renew ; Unmov'd th'embody'd Greeks their fury dare , And fix'd fupport ...
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... betwixt them in general , as to produce any ftrong effect by contrafting particular attributes or cir- cumftances . A third general obfervation is , That ab stract terms can never be the fubject of com- parison , otherwise than by being ...
... betwixt them in general , as to produce any ftrong effect by contrafting particular attributes or cir- cumftances . A third general obfervation is , That ab stract terms can never be the fubject of com- parison , otherwise than by being ...
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... betwixt these two feelings , will be illuftra- ted from the following fimile . So faying , a noble stroke he lifted high , Which hung not , but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan , that no fight , Nor motion of fwift ...
... betwixt these two feelings , will be illuftra- ted from the following fimile . So faying , a noble stroke he lifted high , Which hung not , but so swift with tempest fell On the proud crest of Satan , that no fight , Nor motion of fwift ...
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... betwixt these two extremes . It is ob- fervable , that a man , when elevated or ani- mated by any paffion , is difpofed to elevate or animate all his objects : he avoids familiar names , exalts objects by circumlocution and metaphor ...
... betwixt these two extremes . It is ob- fervable , that a man , when elevated or ani- mated by any paffion , is difpofed to elevate or animate all his objects : he avoids familiar names , exalts objects by circumlocution and metaphor ...
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... betwixt them , being the moft ftriking circumstance , seizes the mind , and never fails to deprefs the principal fubject by con- traft , instead of raifing it by resemblance ? and if the disparity be exceeding great , the fimile takes ...
... betwixt them , being the moft ftriking circumstance , seizes the mind , and never fails to deprefs the principal fubject by con- traft , instead of raifing it by resemblance ? and if the disparity be exceeding great , the fimile takes ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumftances compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribed deſcription diſtinguiſhed effect effential emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fcene fect fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpeech ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur Grecian hath Henry VI himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject lefs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion oppofite ornament paffage paffing paffion Paradife Loft perfon perfonification pleaſe pleaſure preſent proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſome ſpectator ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtep ſtill tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe vafes words