Elements of Criticism: In Three Volumes. ...A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 49
Page 15
... do at fea , I should not see the fandy hour - glafs run , But I fhould think of fhallows and of flats ; And fee my wealthy Andrew dock'd in fand , Vailing Vailing her high top lower than her ribs , To Ch . I. IS IN A TRAIN .
... do at fea , I should not see the fandy hour - glafs run , But I fhould think of fhallows and of flats ; And fee my wealthy Andrew dock'd in fand , Vailing Vailing her high top lower than her ribs , To Ch . I. IS IN A TRAIN .
Page 16
... Should I go to church , And fee the holy edifice of stone , And not bethink me ftrait of dangerous rocks ? Which touching but my gentle veffel's fide , Would fcatter all the spices on the stream , Enrobe the roaring waters with my filks ...
... Should I go to church , And fee the holy edifice of stone , And not bethink me ftrait of dangerous rocks ? Which touching but my gentle veffel's fide , Would fcatter all the spices on the stream , Enrobe the roaring waters with my filks ...
Page 40
... should produce forrow . An event fortunate or unfortunate , that falls out by accident without being foreseen or thought of , and which therefore could not be the object of de- fire , raiseth an emotion of the fame kind with that now ...
... should produce forrow . An event fortunate or unfortunate , that falls out by accident without being foreseen or thought of , and which therefore could not be the object of de- fire , raiseth an emotion of the fame kind with that now ...
Page 51
... should value myself upon account of my own con- nection with him . Friendship , or any other focial affection , may produce oppofite effects . Pity , by interefting us ftrongly for the perfon in diftrefs , muft of confe- quence inflame ...
... should value myself upon account of my own con- nection with him . Friendship , or any other focial affection , may produce oppofite effects . Pity , by interefting us ftrongly for the perfon in diftrefs , muft of confe- quence inflame ...
Page 63
... should little dream that fiction could have any effect upon him . But man's intellectual faculties are too imperfect to dive far even into his own nature . I fhall take oc- cafion afterward to show , that this branch of the human ...
... should little dream that fiction could have any effect upon him . But man's intellectual faculties are too imperfect to dive far even into his own nature . I fhall take oc- cafion afterward to show , that this branch of the human ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
action againſt agreeable alfo appears arifing arts beauty becauſe betwixt Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe chap cife circumftance colour confiderable connected courfe cuſtom defcription defire degree difagreeable diftinguiſhed diftrefs dignity diſcover effect elevation emotions and paffions expreffed expreffion external figns faid fame fcarce feeling feems fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhould fight fimilar fingle fingular fion firft firſt focial fome fometimes fpecies fpectator ftill ftrong fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient fure furpriſe fwells grandeur gratification habit happineſs hath himſelf Hudibras human impreffion increaſe inftances itſelf jects lefs means meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfcure obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffage pain perceptions perfon pleaſant emotion pleaſure prefent produce produceth propriety puniſhment purpoſes raifed raiſed reafon refemblance reflection reliſh ridicule Shakeſpear ſhall ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion uſe variety