Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 116
... equally in a metaphor and allegory ; and the reason is the fame in all . In the following inftances , the refem- blance is too faint to be agreeable . Malcolm . But there's no bottom , none , In my voluptuoufnefs : your wives , your ...
... equally in a metaphor and allegory ; and the reason is the fame in all . In the following inftances , the refem- blance is too faint to be agreeable . Malcolm . But there's no bottom , none , In my voluptuoufnefs : your wives , your ...
Page 225
... equally fitted for the fame subjects . But confidering their difference as to form , there will be found reafon to correct that thought , at least in fome degree . Many fubjects may indeed be treated with equal advantage in either form ...
... equally fitted for the fame subjects . But confidering their difference as to form , there will be found reafon to correct that thought , at least in fome degree . Many fubjects may indeed be treated with equal advantage in either form ...
Page 228
... equally with the focial af- fections . When a misfortune is the natu- ral confequence of some wrong bias in the temper , every spectator who is conscious of fome fuch defect in himself , takes the a- larm , and confiders that he is ...
... equally with the focial af- fections . When a misfortune is the natu- ral confequence of some wrong bias in the temper , every spectator who is conscious of fome fuch defect in himself , takes the a- larm , and confiders that he is ...
Page 247
... equally with the Heathen deities , as materials for figurative language , perhaps better among Chriftians , because we believe in them , and not in the Heathen deities . But every one is fenfible , as well as Boileau , that the ...
... equally with the Heathen deities , as materials for figurative language , perhaps better among Chriftians , because we believe in them , and not in the Heathen deities . But every one is fenfible , as well as Boileau , that the ...
Page 251
... equally in- teresting . An under - plot in a tragedy has feldom a good effect ; because a paffionate piece cannot be too fimple . The sympa- thetic emotions once roufed , cling to their objects , and cannot bear interruption : Ii2 when ...
... equally in- teresting . An under - plot in a tragedy has feldom a good effect ; because a paffionate piece cannot be too fimple . The sympa- thetic emotions once roufed , cling to their objects , and cannot bear interruption : Ii2 when ...
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