Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 45
... manner of resemblance but in the word drown ; for there is no real resemblance betwixt being drown'd at sea , ' and dying of grief at land . But perhaps this fort of tinfel wit , may have a propriety in it , when used to express an ...
... manner of resemblance but in the word drown ; for there is no real resemblance betwixt being drown'd at sea , ' and dying of grief at land . But perhaps this fort of tinfel wit , may have a propriety in it , when used to express an ...
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... Shake- fpear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner extremely fanciful : Æneid . iv . 173 . Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of Within 66 Ch . XX . FIGURES , Thus, to explain the effects of flander, it ...
... Shake- fpear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner extremely fanciful : Æneid . iv . 173 . Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of Within 66 Ch . XX . FIGURES , Thus, to explain the effects of flander, it ...
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... manner Daring th ' 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 ...
... manner Daring th ' 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 ...
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... that a brink is termed giddy from producing that effect in those who stand on it . In the fame manner a wound is faid to be daring , not not with refpect to itself , but with refpect to 100 Ch . XX . FIGURES . SECT. V. ...
... that a brink is termed giddy from producing that effect in those who stand on it . In the fame manner a wound is faid to be daring , not not with refpect to itself , but with refpect to 100 Ch . XX . FIGURES . SECT. V. ...
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... manner . Edward's fev'n fons , whereof thyself art one , Were fev'n fair branches , fpringing from one root : Some of these branches by the dest'nies cut : But Thomas , my dear Lord , my life , my Glo'- fter , One flourishing branch of ...
... manner . Edward's fev'n fons , whereof thyself art one , Were fev'n fair branches , fpringing from one root : Some of these branches by the dest'nies cut : But Thomas , my dear Lord , my life , my Glo'- fter , One flourishing branch of ...
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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