Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... tragedy , make its appearance with a much better grace ; the fituation there represented , being too difpiriting for a fimile . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the discovery of a fecret machina- tion . Zara . The mute not yet ...
... tragedy , make its appearance with a much better grace ; the fituation there represented , being too difpiriting for a fimile . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the discovery of a fecret machina- tion . Zara . The mute not yet ...
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... tragedy of Phedra , defcri- bing the fea - monfter that deftroy'd Hippo- litus , conceives the fea itself to be infpi- red with terror as well as the fpectators ; or more accurately transfers from the fpecta- tors their terror to the ...
... tragedy of Phedra , defcri- bing the fea - monfter that deftroy'd Hippo- litus , conceives the fea itself to be infpi- red with terror as well as the fpectators ; or more accurately transfers from the fpecta- tors their terror to the ...
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... tragedy , agitated by a ftrong paf- fion , deals in ftrong fentiments ; and the reader , catching fire by fympathy , relishes the boldeft perfonifications . But a writer , even in the most lively defcription , ought to take a lower ...
... tragedy , agitated by a ftrong paf- fion , deals in ftrong fentiments ; and the reader , catching fire by fympathy , relishes the boldeft perfonifications . But a writer , even in the most lively defcription , ought to take a lower ...
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... tragedy of Othello , is fo monstrous and fatanical , as not to be fuf- ferable in a representation : not even Shake- fpear's masterly hand can make the picture agreeable . Though the objects introduced in the fol- lowing scenes , are ...
... tragedy of Othello , is fo monstrous and fatanical , as not to be fuf- ferable in a representation : not even Shake- fpear's masterly hand can make the picture agreeable . Though the objects introduced in the fol- lowing scenes , are ...
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... Tragedy reprefents its facts as tranf- acted in our fight . In the former , the poet introduces himself as an historian : in the latter he prefents his actors and never him- felf * . This The dialogue in a dramatic compofition feparates ...
... Tragedy reprefents its facts as tranf- acted in our fight . In the former , the poet introduces himself as an historian : in the latter he prefents his actors and never him- felf * . This The dialogue in a dramatic compofition feparates ...
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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