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 vii
... Subjects expreffed figuratively , 2. Attributes expreffed figura- tively , 21. Narration and Defcription , 211 - 212 217 - 236 241 246 257 22. Epic Chap . 22. Epic and Dramatic Compofition , Pag . CONT vii CONTENT S.
... Subjects expreffed figuratively , 2. Attributes expreffed figura- tively , 21. Narration and Defcription , 211 - 212 217 - 236 241 246 257 22. Epic Chap . 22. Epic and Dramatic Compofition , Pag . CONT vii CONTENT S.
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... subject is recalled , from time to time , by any con- nection indifferently , ftrong or weak ; which is finely touched by Shakespear , with relation to a rich cargo at fea . My wind , cooling my broth , Would blow me to an ague , when I ...
... subject is recalled , from time to time , by any con- nection indifferently , ftrong or weak ; which is finely touched by Shakespear , with relation to a rich cargo at fea . My wind , cooling my broth , Would blow me to an ague , when I ...
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... subject . Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external ob- jects , we are inftantaneously conscious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing river , a smooth extended plain , a spread- ing oak , a towering hill , are ...
... subject . Such is our nature , that upon perceiving certain external ob- jects , we are inftantaneously conscious of pleasure or pain : a gently - flowing river , a smooth extended plain , a spread- ing oak , a towering hill , are ...
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... subject be a fable or a true history : when ideal prefence is com- plete , we perceive every object as in our fight ; and the mind totally occupied with an interefting event , finds no leisure for reflection . This reafoning is ...
... subject be a fable or a true history : when ideal prefence is com- plete , we perceive every object as in our fight ; and the mind totally occupied with an interefting event , finds no leisure for reflection . This reafoning is ...
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... subject , infenfibly advances from the past time to the prefent ; led to that form of narration by conceiving every circumftance as paffing in his own fight which at the fame time has a fine effect upon the reader , by presenting things ...
... subject , infenfibly advances from the past time to the prefent ; led to that form of narration by conceiving every circumftance as paffing in his own fight which at the fame time has a fine effect upon the reader , by presenting things ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear arifing arts beauty becauſe Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe chap circumftances colour confequently confiderable connection courfe defcribing defcription defire degree difagreeable diftrefs diſcover diſtinguiſh effect elevation emotion raiſed emotions and paffions example exift expreffed expreffion external figns faid fame fcarce feeling feems feldom fenfe fenfible fentiments fhall fhort fhould figure fimilar fingle fingular fion firft firſt focial fome fometimes fpectator ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe fwell fympathy grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances itſelf ject juft lefs meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation occafion oppofite Othello paffage paffing pain perceptions perfon pleafant emotion pleaſant pleaſure prefent produce produceth propenfity puniſhment purpoſes qualities raife reafon refemblance refpect relifh Shakeſpear ſtate tafte taſte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion uſe