Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... confound itself . Had he done fo to great and growing men , They might have liv'd to bear , and he to taste Their fruits of duty . All fuperfluous branches We live : We lop away , that bearing boughs may Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
... confound itself . Had he done fo to great and growing men , They might have liv'd to bear , and he to taste Their fruits of duty . All fuperfluous branches We live : We lop away , that bearing boughs may Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
Page 77
... 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 inflaming the mind . Homer appears not extravagant in anima- ting his darts and ...
... 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 inflaming the mind . Homer appears not extravagant in anima- ting his darts and ...
Page 84
... 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 of a much greater deviation from the rule ...
... 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 of a much greater deviation from the rule ...
Page 96
... taste ; witness the following hyperbole , too bold even for an Hotspur . Hotspur talking of Mortimer : In fingle oppofition hand to hand , He did confound the best part of an hour In changing hardiment with great Glendower . Three times ...
... taste ; witness the following hyperbole , too bold even for an Hotspur . Hotspur talking of Mortimer : In fingle oppofition hand to hand , He did confound the best part of an hour In changing hardiment with great Glendower . Three times ...
Page 167
... taste , I fu- spect , is the only guide we can rely on . One however may gather from reflection and ex- perience , that ornaments and graces fuit not any of the difpiriting paffions , nor are pro- per for expreffing any thing grave and ...
... taste , I fu- spect , is the only guide we can rely on . One however may gather from reflection and ex- perience , that ornaments and graces fuit not any of the difpiriting paffions , nor are pro- per for expreffing any thing grave and ...
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