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 28
... lively manner , illuftrated by Shakespear . Falftuff . What is the grofs fum that I owe thee ? Hoftefs . Marry , if thou wert an honeft man , thy felf and thy money too . Thou didft fwear to me on a parcel - gilt - goblet , fitting in ...
... lively manner , illuftrated by Shakespear . Falftuff . What is the grofs fum that I owe thee ? Hoftefs . Marry , if thou wert an honeft man , thy felf and thy money too . Thou didft fwear to me on a parcel - gilt - goblet , fitting in ...
Page 34
... lively , as that a relation even of the flightest kind is relished . This however ought not to be imitat- ed in defcription : words are fo far fhort of the eye in liveliness of impreffion , that in a defcription , connec- tion ought to ...
... lively , as that a relation even of the flightest kind is relished . This however ought not to be imitat- ed in defcription : words are fo far fhort of the eye in liveliness of impreffion , that in a defcription , connec- tion ought to ...
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... lively than of any other thing . Self is an agreea- ble object ; and , for the reafon now given , must be more agreeable than any other object . Is this fufficient to ac- count for the prevalence of felf - love ? : In the foregoing part ...
... lively than of any other thing . Self is an agreea- ble object ; and , for the reafon now given , must be more agreeable than any other object . Is this fufficient to ac- count for the prevalence of felf - love ? : In the foregoing part ...
Page 64
... interesting them ftrongly in Cæfar's fate , could not fail to pro- duce a lively fenfe of the treachery and cruelty of the confpirators ; et confpirators ; an infallible method to inflame the res 64 CHAP . II . Emotions and Paffions .
... interesting them ftrongly in Cæfar's fate , could not fail to pro- duce a lively fenfe of the treachery and cruelty of the confpirators ; et confpirators ; an infallible method to inflame the res 64 CHAP . II . Emotions and Paffions .
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... lively and accurate defcription of an im- portant event , raises in me ideas no lefs diftinct than if I had been originally an eye - witnefs : I am infenfibly transformed into a fpectator ; and have an impreffion that every incident is ...
... lively and accurate defcription of an im- portant event , raises in me ideas no lefs diftinct than if I had been originally an eye - witnefs : I am infenfibly transformed into a fpectator ; and have an impreffion that every incident is ...
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