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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... ornament , is adapted to fubjects grave . and didactic . Language may be confidered as the ' drefs of thought ; and where the one is not fuited to the other , we are fenfible of incongruity , in the fame manner as where a judge is ...
... ornament , is adapted to fubjects grave . and didactic . Language may be confidered as the ' drefs of thought ; and where the one is not fuited to the other , we are fenfible of incongruity , in the fame manner as where a judge is ...
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... ornaments that find no place in a natural ftyle : hence the force , the eleva- tion , the harmony , the cadence , of fome compofi- tions : hence the manifold beauties of the Greek and Roman tongues , of which living languages afford but ...
... ornaments that find no place in a natural ftyle : hence the force , the eleva- tion , the harmony , the cadence , of fome compofi- tions : hence the manifold beauties of the Greek and Roman tongues , of which living languages afford but ...
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... ornament ; fuch as comparisons that fet the principal object in a ftrong point of view , or that embellish and diverfi- fy the narration . In general , when by any animat- ing paffion , whether pleasant or painful , an impulse is given ...
... ornament ; fuch as comparisons that fet the principal object in a ftrong point of view , or that embellish and diverfi- fy the narration . In general , when by any animat- ing paffion , whether pleasant or painful , an impulse is given ...
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... ornaments and graces fuit not any of the difpir- iting paffions , nor are proper for expreffing any thing grave and important . In familiar converfation , they are in fome meafure ridiculous : Profpero , in the Tempest , fpeaking to his ...
... ornaments and graces fuit not any of the difpir- iting paffions , nor are proper for expreffing any thing grave and important . In familiar converfation , they are in fome meafure ridiculous : Profpero , in the Tempest , fpeaking to his ...
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... clothed in plain nervous language : a defcription on the other hand , addrefied to the imagination , is fufceptible of the the highest ornaments that founding words and figur- ative expreffion 278 CH . XXI . Narration and Defcription .
... clothed in plain nervous language : a defcription on the other hand , addrefied to the imagination , is fufceptible of the the highest ornaments that founding words and figur- ative expreffion 278 CH . XXI . Narration and Defcription .
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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