Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 15
... comparisons have , by fome wri- ters , been condemned for the lowness of * Book 2. 1. III . See Vida Poetic , lib . 2. 1 , 282 . + Book 2. 1. 551 , the the images introduced : but furely without reafon ; for Ch.XIX . 15 COMPARISONS .
... comparisons have , by fome wri- ters , been condemned for the lowness of * Book 2. 1. III . See Vida Poetic , lib . 2. 1 , 282 . + Book 2. 1. 551 , the the images introduced : but furely without reafon ; for Ch.XIX . 15 COMPARISONS .
Page 36
... poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal fubject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be resembled to ...
... poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal fubject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be resembled to ...
Page 81
... poets are not eafily reftrained from making this phantom . of their own creating behave and act in every refpect as if it were really a sensible VOL . III . being . L being . By fuch licence we lose fight of the Sect . I. 8t FIGURES ...
... poets are not eafily reftrained from making this phantom . of their own creating behave and act in every refpect as if it were really a sensible VOL . III . being . L being . By fuch licence we lose fight of the Sect . I. 8t FIGURES ...
Page 84
... poets ; early indeed , before matu- rity of taste or judgement . Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving fong . Pope's Paftorals , past . 4. 1. 13 . TT This author , in riper years , is guilty ...
... poets ; early indeed , before matu- rity of taste or judgement . Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving fong . Pope's Paftorals , past . 4. 1. 13 . TT This author , in riper years , is guilty ...
Page 98
... poem . Up rofe the fun , and up rofe Emelie . SE C T. IV . The means or inftrument conceived to be the agent , IN N viewing a group of things , we have obviously a natural tendency to bestow all poffible perfection upon that particular ...
... poem . Up rofe the fun , and up rofe Emelie . SE C T. IV . The means or inftrument conceived to be the agent , IN N viewing a group of things , we have obviously a natural tendency to bestow all poffible perfection upon that particular ...
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