Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... common to admit either resemblance or contraft . Ob- jects of hearing may be compared , as alfo of tafte , and of touch . But the chief fund of comparifon are objects of fight ; because , in writing or speaking , things can only be ...
... common to admit either resemblance or contraft . Ob- jects of hearing may be compared , as alfo of tafte , and of touch . But the chief fund of comparifon are objects of fight ; because , in writing or speaking , things can only be ...
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... common and trifling circumftan- ces , makes a mighty filly figure : " Non " fum nefcius , grandia confilia a multis " plerumque caufis , ceu magna navigia a " plurimis remis , impelli * . " By this time I imagine the different pur ...
... common and trifling circumftan- ces , makes a mighty filly figure : " Non " fum nefcius , grandia confilia a multis " plerumque caufis , ceu magna navigia a " plurimis remis , impelli * . " By this time I imagine the different pur ...
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... common affairs of life . For that reason , the follow- ing fpeech of a gardiner to his fervants , is extremely improper . Go bind thou up yon dangling apricocks Which , like unruly children , make their fire Stoop with oppreffion of ...
... common affairs of life . For that reason , the follow- ing fpeech of a gardiner to his fervants , is extremely improper . Go bind thou up yon dangling apricocks Which , like unruly children , make their fire Stoop with oppreffion of ...
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... common dog , didft.thou difgorge Thy glutton bofom of the royal Richard , And now thou wou'dft eat thy dead vomit up , And howl'ft to find it . Second Part Henry IV . at 1. fc . 6 . The strongest objection that can lie a- gainst a ...
... common dog , didft.thou difgorge Thy glutton bofom of the royal Richard , And now thou wou'dft eat thy dead vomit up , And howl'ft to find it . Second Part Henry IV . at 1. fc . 6 . The strongest objection that can lie a- gainst a ...
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... common friend . The latter is ob- ferved to adhere clofe in profperity , but on the decline of fortune , to drop fuddenly off : whereas the generous author , juft on the contrary , finds his hero on the dunghill , from thence by gradual ...
... common friend . The latter is ob- ferved to adhere clofe in profperity , but on the decline of fortune , to drop fuddenly off : whereas the generous author , juft on the contrary , finds his hero on the dunghill , from thence by gradual ...
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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