Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 19
... reader , that when the re- fembling fubject or circumftance is once pro- perly introduced in a fimile , the mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amused with them , without feeling any dif gust at the flight ...
... reader , that when the re- fembling fubject or circumftance is once pro- perly introduced in a fimile , the mind paffes eafily to the new objects , and is tranfitorily amused with them , without feeling any dif gust at the flight ...
Page 53
... reader must not expect to find here a complete lift of the different tropes and figures that have been carefully noted by ancient critics and gram- marians . Tropes and figures have indeed been multiplied with fo little reserve , as to ...
... reader must not expect to find here a complete lift of the different tropes and figures that have been carefully noted by ancient critics and gram- marians . Tropes and figures have indeed been multiplied with fo little reserve , as to ...
Page 54
... the effect of fuch epithets , when apply'd to things › inani- mate ? Do they raise in the mind of the reader a perception of fenfibility ? Do they make make him conceive the ground , the church - yard 54 Ch . XX . FIGURES . name. ...
... the effect of fuch epithets , when apply'd to things › inani- mate ? Do they raise in the mind of the reader a perception of fenfibility ? Do they make make him conceive the ground , the church - yard 54 Ch . XX . FIGURES . name. ...
Page 76
... reader , catching fire by fympathy , relishes the boldeft perfonifications . But a writer , even in the most lively defcription , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch eafy perfonifications as agree with the tone ...
... reader , catching fire by fympathy , relishes the boldeft perfonifications . But a writer , even in the most lively defcription , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch eafy perfonifications as agree with the tone ...
Page 80
... at the very commence- ment ; and , at any rate , he cannot expect fuch ductility in his readers : but if this practice can be juftified by authority , Thomson Thomson has one of no mean note : Vida begins 80 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
... at the very commence- ment ; and , at any rate , he cannot expect fuch ductility in his readers : but if this practice can be juftified by authority , Thomson Thomson has one of no mean note : Vida begins 80 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
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