Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... comparisons , which make one fpecies of them , beginning with fimiles . And here alfo , the intimate connection that ... comparison , is going out of one's road to avoid it . Instead of productions , which refemble not minifters great ...
... comparisons , which make one fpecies of them , beginning with fimiles . And here alfo , the intimate connection that ... comparison , is going out of one's road to avoid it . Instead of productions , which refemble not minifters great ...
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... Comparisons . COMPARISONS , as obferved 144 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . 24. PAEON 4th, the laft fyllable long and the ...
... Comparisons . COMPARISONS , as obferved 144 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . 24. PAEON 4th, the laft fyllable long and the ...
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... Comparisons . COMPARISONS , as obferved above , * ferve two purposes when addreffed to the understanding , their purpofe is to inftruct ; when to the heart , their purpose is to pleafe . Various means contribute to the latter : first ...
... Comparisons . COMPARISONS , as obferved above , * ferve two purposes when addreffed to the understanding , their purpofe is to inftruct ; when to the heart , their purpose is to pleafe . Various means contribute to the latter : first ...
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... as to make little or no impreffion . This juft rebuke inflam'd the Lycian crew , They join , they thicken , and the affault renew : Unmov'd . Unmov'd th ' embody'd Greeks their fury dare , • CH . XIX . 146 Comparisons .
... as to make little or no impreffion . This juft rebuke inflam'd the Lycian crew , They join , they thicken , and the affault renew : Unmov'd . Unmov'd th ' embody'd Greeks their fury dare , • CH . XIX . 146 Comparisons .
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... comparison has fcarce any force a man and a lion are of different fpecies , and therefore are proper fubjects for a ... Comparisons . . ...
... comparison has fcarce any force a man and a lion are of different fpecies , and therefore are proper fubjects for a ... Comparisons . . ...
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abftract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appear beauty becauſe cafe caufe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcarce fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible feparation ferves fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufficient fupport garden hath Hexameter Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable melody metaphor mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper raifing raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule Spondees tafle tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion vafes verfe words