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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Page 62
... circumstance in epic poe- try , I doubt whether , in any language , a single instance could be given of this fpecies of compofition . Some Some of our most eminent divines have made use of 62 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
... circumstance in epic poe- try , I doubt whether , in any language , a single instance could be given of this fpecies of compofition . Some Some of our most eminent divines have made use of 62 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
Page 211
... instances , the rage of Hercules and the force of Pirus , being the capital circumftances , are fo far exalted as to be conceived the agents that produce the effects . In In the following inftances , hunger being the chief circumftance ...
... instances , the rage of Hercules and the force of Pirus , being the capital circumftances , are fo far exalted as to be conceived the agents that produce the effects . In In the following inftances , hunger being the chief circumftance ...
Page 268
... instances . O Ofcar ! bend the ftrong in arm ; but fpare the feeble hand . Be thou a stream of many tides against the foes of thy people ; but like the gale that moves the grass to those who afk thine aid . - So Tremor lived ; fuch ...
... instances . O Ofcar ! bend the ftrong in arm ; but fpare the feeble hand . Be thou a stream of many tides against the foes of thy people ; but like the gale that moves the grass to those who afk thine aid . - So Tremor lived ; fuch ...
Page 285
... instance , Prata canis albi- cant pruinis of Horace , and liquidos fontes of Virgil . As an apology for fuch careless expreffions , it may well fuffice , that Pope , in fubmitting to be a tranflator , acts below his genius . In a ...
... instance , Prata canis albi- cant pruinis of Horace , and liquidos fontes of Virgil . As an apology for fuch careless expreffions , it may well fuffice , that Pope , in fubmitting to be a tranflator , acts below his genius . In a ...
Page 360
... instances . A colonnade along the front of a build- ing , hath a fine effect in Greece and Italy , by pro- ducing coolness and obfcurity , agreeable properties in warm and luminous climates : but the cold climate of Britain is ...
... instances . A colonnade along the front of a build- ing , hath a fine effect in Greece and Italy , by pro- ducing coolness and obfcurity , agreeable properties in warm and luminous climates : but the cold climate of Britain is ...
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