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 136
... tragedies the tone of the mind is fen- fibly varied by them , from anguifh , diftrefs , or mel- ancholy , to fome degree of eafe and alacrity . For the truth of this obfervation , I appeal to the speech of Jane Shore in the fourth act ...
... tragedies the tone of the mind is fen- fibly varied by them , from anguifh , diftrefs , or mel- ancholy , to fome degree of eafe and alacrity . For the truth of this obfervation , I appeal to the speech of Jane Shore in the fourth act ...
Page 138
... tragedy , and may be proper even in French comedy . Voltaire † affigns that very reafon for adhering to rhyme in ... tragedy , prefixed To the tragedy of Brutus . The cheering and enlivening power of rhyme , is ftill 138 CH . XVIII ...
... tragedy , and may be proper even in French comedy . Voltaire † affigns that very reafon for adhering to rhyme in ... tragedy , prefixed To the tragedy of Brutus . The cheering and enlivening power of rhyme , is ftill 138 CH . XVIII ...
Page 140
... tragedy . In a work where the fubject is ferious though not elevated , rhyme has not a good effect ; because the airinefs of the melody agrees not with the gravity of the fubject : the Effay on Man , which treats a fubject great and ...
... tragedy . In a work where the fubject is ferious though not elevated , rhyme has not a good effect ; because the airinefs of the melody agrees not with the gravity of the fubject : the Effay on Man , which treats a fubject great and ...
Page 165
... tragedy make a better appearance ; the fitua- tion there reprefented being too difpiriting for a fimi- le . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the dif- covery of a fecret machination ; Zara . The mute not yet return'd ! Ha ' twas ...
... tragedy make a better appearance ; the fitua- tion there reprefented being too difpiriting for a fimi- le . A fimile is improper for one who dreads the dif- covery of a fecret machination ; Zara . The mute not yet return'd ! Ha ' twas ...
Page 185
... tragedy of Phedra , defcribing the fea- monster that destroyed Hippolytus , conceives the fea itself to be ftruck with terror as well as the fpecta- tors : Le flot qui l'apporta recule epouvanté . A man alfo naturally communicates his ...
... tragedy of Phedra , defcribing the fea- monster that destroyed Hippolytus , conceives the fea itself to be ftruck with terror as well as the fpecta- tors : Le flot qui l'apporta recule epouvanté . A man alfo naturally communicates his ...
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