Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... latter , a comparifon may be employ'd to produce various pleasures by different : means . First , by fuggefting fome unusual * Chap . 8 . A 2 resemblance resemblance or contraft : fecond , by fet- ting an ELEMENTS ...
... latter , a comparifon may be employ'd to produce various pleasures by different : means . First , by fuggefting fome unusual * Chap . 8 . A 2 resemblance resemblance or contraft : fecond , by fet- ting an ELEMENTS ...
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... produce various pleasures by these different means , appears from what is faid in the chapter above cited ; and will be made ftill more evident by examples , which shall be given after premising some general obfervations . An object of ...
... produce various pleasures by these different means , appears from what is faid in the chapter above cited ; and will be made ftill more evident by examples , which shall be given after premising some general obfervations . An object of ...
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... produce any ftrong effect by contrafting particular attributes or cir- cumftances . A third general obfervation is , That ab stract terms can never be the fubject of com- parison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear ...
... produce any ftrong effect by contrafting particular attributes or cir- cumftances . A third general obfervation is , That ab stract terms can never be the fubject of com- parison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear ...
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... produces no good effect , and crowds the narration with an useless image . The next error I fhall mention is a capi- tal one . In an epic poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image ...
... produces no good effect , and crowds the narration with an useless image . The next error I fhall mention is a capi- tal one . In an epic poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image ...
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... Produce the mighty bowl : Nor wanting is the brown October , drawn Mature and perfect , from his dark retreat Of thirty years ; and now his honest front Flames in the light refulgent . Autumn , 1. 516 . Thirdly , it is not fufficient to ...
... Produce the mighty bowl : Nor wanting is the brown October , drawn Mature and perfect , from his dark retreat Of thirty years ; and now his honest front Flames in the light refulgent . Autumn , 1. 516 . Thirdly , it is not fufficient to ...
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