Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 81
... event to th ' teeth , are all in uproar , And Danger ferves among them . Henry VIII . a i . fc . 4 . Fourthly , Defcriptive personification ought never to be carried farther than barely to a- nimate the fubject : and yet poets are not ...
... event to th ' teeth , are all in uproar , And Danger ferves among them . Henry VIII . a i . fc . 4 . Fourthly , Defcriptive personification ought never to be carried farther than barely to a- nimate the fubject : and yet poets are not ...
Page 88
... event Of non - fparing war ? And is it I That drive thee from the fportive court , where thou Waft shot at with fair eyes , to be the mark Of smoky muskets ? O you leaden messengers , That ride upon the violent speed of fire , Fly with ...
... event Of non - fparing war ? And is it I That drive thee from the fportive court , where thou Waft shot at with fair eyes , to be the mark Of smoky muskets ? O you leaden messengers , That ride upon the violent speed of fire , Fly with ...
Page 93
... to fome rules by which it ought to be ed . And in the first place , it is a capital fault to introduce an hyperbole in the de- fcription govern- scription of an ordinary object or event which creates no Sect . III . 93 FIGURES .
... to fome rules by which it ought to be ed . And in the first place , it is a capital fault to introduce an hyperbole in the de- fcription govern- scription of an ordinary object or event which creates no Sect . III . 93 FIGURES .
Page 94
Lord Henry Home Kames. scription of an ordinary object or event which creates no furprife . In fuch a cafe , the hyperbole is altogether unnatural , being deftitute of surprife , the only foundation that can support it . Take the ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. scription of an ordinary object or event which creates no furprife . In fuch a cafe , the hyperbole is altogether unnatural , being deftitute of surprife , the only foundation that can support it . Take the ...
Page 178
... is touched in a fummary way , without ever descending to the circumftances of an event . This manner is good in a general history , the the purpose of which is to record important tranfactions : 178 NARRATION AND Ch . XXI .
... is touched in a fummary way , without ever descending to the circumftances of an event . This manner is good in a general history , the the purpose of which is to record important tranfactions : 178 NARRATION AND Ch . XXI .
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