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 74
... present sub- ject to obferve , that when thefe coincide in the fame paffage , the concordance of found and fense is delightful : the reader is confcious not only of pleasure from the two climaxes feparately , but of an additional ...
... present sub- ject to obferve , that when thefe coincide in the fame paffage , the concordance of found and fense is delightful : the reader is confcious not only of pleasure from the two climaxes feparately , but of an additional ...
Page 181
... present fubject . The mind , agitated by certain paffions , is prone to bestow fenfibility , upon things inanimate . * This is an additional inftance of the influence of paffion up- on our opinions and belief . I give examples . An ...
... present fubject . The mind , agitated by certain paffions , is prone to bestow fenfibility , upon things inanimate . * This is an additional inftance of the influence of paffion up- on our opinions and belief . I give examples . An ...
Page 292
... presents his actors , and never himself . * This difference regarding form only , may be thought flight but the effects it occafions , are by no means fo ; for what we fee makes a deeper im- preffion than what we learn from others . A ...
... presents his actors , and never himself . * This difference regarding form only , may be thought flight but the effects it occafions , are by no means fo ; for what we fee makes a deeper im- preffion than what we learn from others . A ...
Page 331
... next act . The mufic and the reprefentation would both of them be gainers by their conjunction ; which will thus appear . Mufic that that accords with the present tone of mind , is CH . XXIII . 334 The Three Unities .
... next act . The mufic and the reprefentation would both of them be gainers by their conjunction ; which will thus appear . Mufic that that accords with the present tone of mind , is CH . XXIII . 334 The Three Unities .
Page 332
... present tone of mind , is , on that account , doubly agreeable ; and accordingly , though mufic fingly hath not power to raise a paffion , it tends greatly to fupport a paflion already raised . Further , mufic prepares us for the ...
... present tone of mind , is , on that account , doubly agreeable ; and accordingly , though mufic fingly hath not power to raise a paffion , it tends greatly to fupport a paflion already raised . Further , mufic prepares us for the ...
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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