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 139
... shall be illustrated by examples . After fin- ishing a journey through a populous country , the fre- quency of agreeable objects diftinctly recollected by the traveller , makes the time spent in the journey appear to him longer than it ...
... shall be illustrated by examples . After fin- ishing a journey through a populous country , the fre- quency of agreeable objects diftinctly recollected by the traveller , makes the time spent in the journey appear to him longer than it ...
Page 157
... shall take the lead ; to be followed with par- ticulars , which , depending on relations , are not found in fingle objects . Difpatching next fome co- incident matters , I proceed to my chief aim ; which is , to establish practical ...
... shall take the lead ; to be followed with par- ticulars , which , depending on relations , are not found in fingle objects . Difpatching next fome co- incident matters , I proceed to my chief aim ; which is , to establish practical ...
Page 184
... mouths , do ope their ruby lips , To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue , ) A curfe fhall light upon the kind of men ; Domestic . Domestic fury , and fierce civil ftrife , Shall cumber 184 CHAP . IV . Grandeur and Sublimity .
... mouths , do ope their ruby lips , To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue , ) A curfe fhall light upon the kind of men ; Domestic . Domestic fury , and fierce civil ftrife , Shall cumber 184 CHAP . IV . Grandeur and Sublimity .
Page 185
... Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and deftruction fhall be fo in ufe , And dreadful objects fo familiar , That mothers fhall but fmile when they behold Their infants quarter'd by the hand of war . All pity chok'd with custom ...
... Shall cumber all the parts of Italy ; Blood and deftruction fhall be fo in ufe , And dreadful objects fo familiar , That mothers fhall but fmile when they behold Their infants quarter'd by the hand of war . All pity chok'd with custom ...
Page 198
... shall do ; Who like a tempeft that outrides the wind , Made a juft battle ere the bodies join'd . Abdalla . His victories we scarce could keep in view , Or polish ' em fo faft as he rough drew . Abdemelech , Fate after him below with ...
... shall do ; Who like a tempeft that outrides the wind , Made a juft battle ere the bodies join'd . Abdalla . His victories we scarce could keep in view , Or polish ' em fo faft as he rough drew . Abdemelech , Fate after him below with ...
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