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 70
... still more fenfible of this resem blance in a fong , when the mufic is properly adapt- ed to the fentiment : there is no refemblance be- tween thought and found ; but there is the strongest refemblance between the emotion raised by ...
... still more fenfible of this resem blance in a fong , when the mufic is properly adapt- ed to the fentiment : there is no refemblance be- tween thought and found ; but there is the strongest refemblance between the emotion raised by ...
Page 73
... Still gath'ring force , it smokes , and urg'd amain , Whirls , leaps , and thunders down , impetuous to the plain . Iliad , xiii . 197 . Sixthly , a period confifting moftly of long fylla- bles , that is , of fyllables pronounced flow ...
... Still gath'ring force , it smokes , and urg'd amain , Whirls , leaps , and thunders down , impetuous to the plain . Iliad , xiii . 197 . Sixthly , a period confifting moftly of long fylla- bles , that is , of fyllables pronounced flow ...
Page 74
... still more diminutive . Horace affords a ftriking ex- ample . Parturiunt montes , nafcetur ridiculus mus . The arrangement here is fingularly artful : the first place is occupied by the verb , which is the cap- ital word by its fenfe as ...
... still more diminutive . Horace affords a ftriking ex- ample . Parturiunt montes , nafcetur ridiculus mus . The arrangement here is fingularly artful : the first place is occupied by the verb , which is the cap- ital word by its fenfe as ...
Page 101
... Still on that breaft enamour'd let me lie . 2d and 8th : From ftorms a fhelter and from heat a fhade . # 2d and 6th : Let wealth . let honour wait | the wedded dame . 2d and 7th : Above all pain | all paffion | and all pride . Even from ...
... Still on that breaft enamour'd let me lie . 2d and 8th : From ftorms a fhelter and from heat a fhade . # 2d and 6th : Let wealth . let honour wait | the wedded dame . 2d and 7th : Above all pain | all paffion | and all pride . Even from ...
Page 108
... still upon hand , to which I am directed by what is juft now faid . It concerns thofe parts of fpeech which fingly reprefent no idea , and which become not fignificant till they be joined to other words . I mean conjunctions ...
... still upon hand , to which I am directed by what is juft now faid . It concerns thofe parts of fpeech which fingly reprefent no idea , and which become not fignificant till they be joined to other words . I mean conjunctions ...
Common terms and phrases
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