Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... ornament ; fuch as comparisons that fet the principal object in a strong point of view , or that embellish and diverfify the narration . In general , when by any animating paffion , whether pleasant or painful , an impulse is given to ...
... ornament ; fuch as comparisons that fet the principal object in a strong point of view , or that embellish and diverfify the narration . In general , when by any animating paffion , whether pleasant or painful , an impulse is given to ...
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... ornaments and graces fuit not any of the difpiriting paffions , nor are pro- per for expreffing any thing grave and im- portant . In familiar converfation , they are in fome measure ridiculous . Profpero in the Tempest , speaking to his ...
... ornaments and graces fuit not any of the difpiriting paffions , nor are pro- per for expreffing any thing grave and im- portant . In familiar converfation , they are in fome measure ridiculous . Profpero in the Tempest , speaking to his ...
Page 168
... nothing is more luscious , and nothing con- fequently more fatiating , than redundant ornament of any kind . СНАР . СНАР . XXI . 169 Narration and Description . Hi 168 Ch . XX . FIGURES . In the last place, though figures of fpeech ...
... nothing is more luscious , and nothing con- fequently more fatiating , than redundant ornament of any kind . СНАР . СНАР . XXI . 169 Narration and Description . Hi 168 Ch . XX . FIGURES . In the last place, though figures of fpeech ...
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... ornaments that founding words , meta- phor , and figurative expreffion , can be- ftow upon it . I fhall give a few examples of the fore- going doctrine . A poet of any genius will not readily dress a high subject in low words ; and yet ...
... ornaments that founding words , meta- phor , and figurative expreffion , can be- ftow upon it . I fhall give a few examples of the fore- going doctrine . A poet of any genius will not readily dress a high subject in low words ; and yet ...
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... ornament , but poffeffes not in the fame degree the talent of draw- ing from the life . A tranflation of the fixth fatire of Horace , begun by the former and finished by the latter , affords the fairest opportunity for a comparison ...
... ornament , but poffeffes not in the fame degree the talent of draw- ing from the life . A tranflation of the fixth fatire of Horace , begun by the former and finished by the latter , affords the fairest opportunity for a comparison ...
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