Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 54
... variety of expreffions , which , though commonly reduced to this figure , are used without ceremony or any fort of preparation . I give , for example , the following expreffions , Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart ...
... variety of expreffions , which , though commonly reduced to this figure , are used without ceremony or any fort of preparation . I give , for example , the following expreffions , Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart ...
Page 66
... variety of action . And Shake- fpear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner extremely fanciful : Æneid . iv . 173 . Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of Within 66 Ch . XX . FIGURES , Thus, to explain the ...
... variety of action . And Shake- fpear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner extremely fanciful : Æneid . iv . 173 . Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of Within 66 Ch . XX . FIGURES , Thus, to explain the ...
Page 120
... variety of images , and melody of verfification , is scarce ever read a fecond time . In the fourth place , the comparison car- ried on in a fimile , being in a metaphor funk , and the principal fubject being ima- gined that very thing ...
... variety of images , and melody of verfification , is scarce ever read a fecond time . In the fourth place , the comparison car- ried on in a fimile , being in a metaphor funk , and the principal fubject being ima- gined that very thing ...
Page 219
... variety , and take on fo many dif ferent forms , that we never can fay where one fpecies ends . and another begins . As to the general tafte , there is little reafon to doubt , that a work where heroic actions are rela- ted in an ...
... variety , and take on fo many dif ferent forms , that we never can fay where one fpecies ends . and another begins . As to the general tafte , there is little reafon to doubt , that a work where heroic actions are rela- ted in an ...
Page 228
... in him an emotion of fear or terror ; and it is by this emotion , frequently reiterated in a variety of moral tragedies , that the spectators fpectators are put upon their guard against the diforders of 228 EPIC AND DRAMATIC Ch . XXII .
... in him an emotion of fear or terror ; and it is by this emotion , frequently reiterated in a variety of moral tragedies , that the spectators fpectators are put upon their guard against the diforders of 228 EPIC AND DRAMATIC Ch . XXII .
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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