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 42
... taste Brought death into the world , and all our wo , With lofs of Eden , till one greater man Reftore us , and regain the blissful feat , Sing heav'nly mufe . -Upon the firm opacious globe Of this round world , whofe first convex ...
... taste Brought death into the world , and all our wo , With lofs of Eden , till one greater man Reftore us , and regain the blissful feat , Sing heav'nly mufe . -Upon the firm opacious globe Of this round world , whofe first convex ...
Page 67
... taste . Hence the beauty of inverfion when happily conducted ; the beauty , not of an end , but of means , as furnishing opportunity for numberlefs ornaments that find no place in a natural ftyle : hence the force , the eleva- tion ...
... taste . Hence the beauty of inverfion when happily conducted ; the beauty , not of an end , but of means , as furnishing opportunity for numberlefs ornaments that find no place in a natural ftyle : hence the force , the eleva- tion ...
Page 104
... taste they are harth and unpleasant . Of thousand bright inhabitants of air The fprites of fiery termagants inflame The reit , his many - colour'drobe conceal'd The fame , his ancient perfonage to deck Ev'n here , where frozen ...
... taste they are harth and unpleasant . Of thousand bright inhabitants of air The fprites of fiery termagants inflame The reit , his many - colour'drobe conceal'd The fame , his ancient perfonage to deck Ev'n here , where frozen ...
Page 140
... taste in the fine arts , as well as in morals , im- proves daily ; and makes a progress toward perfec- tion , flow indeed but uniform ; and there is no rea- fon to doubt , that rhyme , in Britain , will in time be forc'd to abandon its ...
... taste in the fine arts , as well as in morals , im- proves daily ; and makes a progress toward perfec- tion , flow indeed but uniform ; and there is no rea- fon to doubt , that rhyme , in Britain , will in time be forc'd to abandon its ...
Page 150
... taste Their fruits of duty . All fuperfluous branches We lop away , that bearing boughs may live : Had he done fo , himself had borne the crown , Which waste and idle hours have quite thrown down . Richard II . act 3. Sc . 7 . See how ...
... taste Their fruits of duty . All fuperfluous branches We lop away , that bearing boughs may live : Had he done fo , himself had borne the crown , Which waste and idle hours have quite thrown down . Richard II . act 3. Sc . 7 . See how ...
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