Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 71
... respect to fome expreffions , whether they are of the one kind or of the other . following inftances . Take the } The moon fhines bright : in fuch a night as this , When the fweet wind did gently kis the trees , And they did make no ...
... respect to fome expreffions , whether they are of the one kind or of the other . following inftances . Take the } The moon fhines bright : in fuch a night as this , When the fweet wind did gently kis the trees , And they did make no ...
Page 72
... respect to these and numberless other instances of the fame kind , whether they be examples of perfonification or of a fi- gure of speech merely , feems to be an ar- bitrary queftion . They will be ranged un- der the former clafs by ...
... respect to these and numberless other instances of the fame kind , whether they be examples of perfonification or of a fi- gure of speech merely , feems to be an ar- bitrary queftion . They will be ranged un- der the former clafs by ...
Page 77
... respect to this point , it would be in vain to fet limits to perfonification : taste is the only rule . A poet of fuperior genius . hath more than others the command of this figure ; because he hath more than o- thers the power of ...
... respect to this point , it would be in vain to fet limits to perfonification : taste is the only rule . A poet of fuperior genius . hath more than others the command of this figure ; because he hath more than o- thers the power of ...
Page 89
... respect to fize , either very great of its kind or very little , ftrikes us with surprise ; and this emotion , like all others , prone to gratification , forces upon the mind a momentary conviction that the object is greater or lefs ...
... respect to fize , either very great of its kind or very little , ftrikes us with surprise ; and this emotion , like all others , prone to gratification , forces upon the mind a momentary conviction that the object is greater or lefs ...
Page 90
... respect to the di- minishing power of a hyperbole , cites the following ludicrous thought from a comic poet , " He was owner of a bit of ground " not larger than a Lacedemonian let- " ter . " But , for the reafon now given , the ...
... respect to the di- minishing power of a hyperbole , cites the following ludicrous thought from a comic poet , " He was owner of a bit of ground " not larger than a Lacedemonian let- " ter . " But , for the reafon now given , the ...
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