Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... present head , to give examples where com- parisons are improperly introduced . I have had already occafion to obferve , that fimiles are not the language of a man in his ordinary state of mind , going about the common affairs of life ...
... present head , to give examples where com- parisons are improperly introduced . I have had already occafion to obferve , that fimiles are not the language of a man in his ordinary state of mind , going about the common affairs of life ...
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... present fubject , it will be neceffa- ry to make fome obfervations upon fuch faulty comparisons . I begin with obferving , that nothing can be more erroneous than to inftitute a comparison too faint a diftant resemblance or contraft ...
... present fubject , it will be neceffa- ry to make fome obfervations upon fuch faulty comparisons . I begin with obferving , that nothing can be more erroneous than to inftitute a comparison too faint a diftant resemblance or contraft ...
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... present fubject . One thing is certain , that the mind is prone to bestow fenfibility upon things ina- nimate , where that violent effect is neceffary to gratify paffion . This is one inftance , a- mong many , of the power of paffion to ...
... present fubject . One thing is certain , that the mind is prone to bestow fenfibility upon things ina- nimate , where that violent effect is neceffary to gratify paffion . This is one inftance , a- mong many , of the power of paffion to ...
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... present state of the spirits , lively or compofed . Having thus at large explained the pre- fent figure , its different kinds , and the prin- ciples from whence derived ; what comes next in order is to afcertain its proper pro- vince ...
... present state of the spirits , lively or compofed . Having thus at large explained the pre- fent figure , its different kinds , and the prin- ciples from whence derived ; what comes next in order is to afcertain its proper pro- vince ...
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... present . Et , fi fata Deûm , fi mens non læva fuiffet , Impulerat ferro Argolicas foedare latebras : Trojaque nunc ftares , Priamique arx alta maneres . Æneid . ii . 54 . Helena . Poor Lord , is't I That chase thee from thy country ...
... present . Et , fi fata Deûm , fi mens non læva fuiffet , Impulerat ferro Argolicas foedare latebras : Trojaque nunc ftares , Priamique arx alta maneres . Æneid . ii . 54 . Helena . Poor Lord , is't I That chase thee from thy country ...
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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