Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... use of descriptive perfonification . This figure a- bounds in Milton's Allegro and Penferofo . Abstract and general terms , as well as particular objects , are often necessary in poetry . Such terms however are not well adapted to ...
... use of descriptive perfonification . This figure a- bounds in Milton's Allegro and Penferofo . Abstract and general terms , as well as particular objects , are often necessary in poetry . Such terms however are not well adapted to ...
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... use of fuch words only as are applicable literally to the imagined nature of his fubject . Fi- gurative words ought carefully to be avoid- ed ; for fuch complicated images , instead of setting the principal subject in a strong light ...
... use of fuch words only as are applicable literally to the imagined nature of his fubject . Fi- gurative words ought carefully to be avoid- ed ; for fuch complicated images , instead of setting the principal subject in a strong light ...
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... use of the loadstone , or knowledge of the compass , I was failing in a vast ocean , without other help than the pole - star of the ancients , and the rules of the French stage among the moderns , & c . There is a time when factions ...
... use of the loadstone , or knowledge of the compass , I was failing in a vast ocean , without other help than the pole - star of the ancients , and the rules of the French stage among the moderns , & c . There is a time when factions ...
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... use no word , the proper sense of which is inconfiftent or incongruous with the subject for no incongruity , far less inconfiftency , whether real or imagined , ought to enter into the expreffion of any fubject : Interea genitor ...
... use no word , the proper sense of which is inconfiftent or incongruous with the subject for no incongruity , far less inconfiftency , whether real or imagined , ought to enter into the expreffion of any fubject : Interea genitor ...
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... use no word , the proper fenfe of which is inconfiftent or incongruous with the subject : for no incongruity , far lefs inconfiftency , whether real or imagined , ought to enter into the expreffion of any fubject : Interea genitor ...
... use no word , the proper fenfe of which is inconfiftent or incongruous with the subject : for no incongruity , far lefs inconfiftency , whether real or imagined , ought to enter into the expreffion of any fubject : Interea genitor ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo allegory alſo appears beauty becauſe beſt betwixt Carm caufe cauſe chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered Cymbeline defcribed defcription diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fcene feems fenfe fenfible fenſe fhall fignify figure of ſpeech fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpectator fpeech ftandard ftill fubject fuch garden Grecian hath Henry VI himſelf Horat houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances itſelf ject lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic muſt nature neceffary obfervation objects occafion oppofite ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft perfon perfonification pleaſe pleaſure poet precife preſent principle proper proportion purpoſe raiſe reaſon reliſh repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhould ſome ſtage ſtate ſuch tafte taſte thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word Zacynthus
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Page 167 - pond ; And do a wilful ftillnefs .entertain, .... . , With purpofe to be drefs'd in an, opinion, Of wifdom, gravity, profound conceit.; As who fhould fay, I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips, let no dog bark! O my Anthonio, I
Page 155 - truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myfelf now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A ftill and quiet conference. The King has cur'd me, I humbly thank his Grace; and, from thefe fhoulders, Thefe ruin'd pillars, out of pity taken A load would fink a navy, too much honour. Henry
Page 64 - Seal up the fhip-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious furge; And in the vifitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monftrous heads, and hanging them With deaf'ning clamours in the flipp'ry
Page 63 - Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king, Keeps Death his court; and there the antic fits, Scoffing his ftate, and grinning at his pomp; Allowing him a breath, a little fcene To
Page 366 - And hence it is, that an object feen at the termination of a confined view, is more agreeable than when feen in a group with the furrounding objects. The crow doth fing as fweetly as the lark When neither is attended; and, I think, The nightingale, if flie
Page 64 - in an hour fo rude ; And, in the calmeft and the ftilleft night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king ? Then, happy low! lie down ; Uneafy lies the head that wears a crown. Second Part Henry IV.
Page 12 - 5* Thou divine Nature! how thyfelf thou blazon'ft In thefe two princely boys! they are as gentle As zephyrs blowing below the violet, Not wagging his fweet head ; and yet as rough, (Their royal blood inchaf'd) as the rud'ft wind, That by the top doth take the mountain-pine, And make him ftoop
Page 33 - Give me the crown.—Here, coufin, feize the crown, Here, on this fide, my hand; on that fide, thine; Now is this golden crown like a deep- well, That owes two buckets, filling one another ; The emptier ever dancing in the air, The other down, unfeen and full of water;
Page 131 - butcher ; and then gives vent to his refentment ; but ftill with manlinefs and dignity: O, I could play the woman with mine eyes, And braggart with my tongue. But, gentle Heav'n! Cut fhort all intermiflion : front to front Bring thou this fiend of Scotland and myfelf; Within my fword's length fet him
Page 14 - peace, was never gentle lamb more mild ; Than was that young and princely gentleman, His face thou haft; for even fo look'd he, Accomplifh'd with the number of thy hours. But when he frown'd, it was againft the French, And not againft his friends. His noble hand Did win what he did fpend;