Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... mind , Help'd by the night , new graces find , Which , by the fplendor of her view Dazzled before , we never knew . Waller . None of the foregoing fimiles , as it ap- pears to me , have the effect to add any luftre to the principal ...
... mind , Help'd by the night , new graces find , Which , by the fplendor of her view Dazzled before , we never knew . Waller . None of the foregoing fimiles , as it ap- pears to me , have the effect to add any luftre to the principal ...
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... mind with things impoffible . Third Part Henry VI . act 3. Sc . 3 . Out , out , brief candle ! Life's but a walking fhadow , a poor player , That ftruts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more . O thou Goddess ...
... mind with things impoffible . Third Part Henry VI . act 3. Sc . 3 . Out , out , brief candle ! Life's but a walking fhadow , a poor player , That ftruts and frets his hour upon the stage , And then is heard no more . O thou Goddess ...
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... mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amused with them , without feeling any dif gust at the flight interruption . Thus , in fine weather , the momentary excurfions of C 24 a traveller for agreeable profpects or ...
... mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amused with them , without feeling any dif gust at the flight interruption . Thus , in fine weather , the momentary excurfions of C 24 a traveller for agreeable profpects or ...
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... mind , relieve him from the langour of uniformity , and without much lengthening his journey in reality , shorten it greatly in appearance . Next of comparisons that aggrandize or elevate . These make stronger impreffions than any other ...
... mind , relieve him from the langour of uniformity , and without much lengthening his journey in reality , shorten it greatly in appearance . Next of comparisons that aggrandize or elevate . These make stronger impreffions than any other ...
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... mind . It is grand therefore , if not fublime . And that there is a real , though delicate distinction , betwixt these two feelings , will be illuftra- ted from the following fimile . So faying , a noble stroke he lifted high , Which ...
... mind . It is grand therefore , if not fublime . And that there is a real , though delicate distinction , betwixt these two feelings , will be illuftra- ted from the following fimile . So faying , a noble stroke he lifted high , Which ...
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