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... Henry to his fon Prince Henry : Thou hid'ft a thoufand daggers in thy thoughts , Which thou haft whetted on thy ftony heart To ftab at half an hour of my frail life . Second Part Henry IV . alt 4. fc . 11 . Such faulty metaphors are ...
... Henry to his fon Prince Henry : Thou hid'ft a thoufand daggers in thy thoughts , Which thou haft whetted on thy ftony heart To ftab at half an hour of my frail life . Second Part Henry IV . alt 4. fc . 11 . Such faulty metaphors are ...
Page 171
Lord Henry Home Kames. frigid and unmeaning reflections , as well as with poetical flashes , which , even laying afide the impropriety , are mere tinfel . Vida * , following Horace , recommends a modest commencement of an epic poem ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. frigid and unmeaning reflections , as well as with poetical flashes , which , even laying afide the impropriety , are mere tinfel . Vida * , following Horace , recommends a modest commencement of an epic poem ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. Macbeth . One cry'd , God blefs us ! and , Amen ! the other ; As they had seen me with these hangman's hands . Listening their fear , I could not fay , Amen , When they did fay , God bless us . Lady . Confider it ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. Macbeth . One cry'd , God blefs us ! and , Amen ! the other ; As they had seen me with these hangman's hands . Listening their fear , I could not fay , Amen , When they did fay , God bless us . Lady . Confider it ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable allegory alſo appears arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered connected courſe deſcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fenfe fenfible fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion ornament paffage paffion Paradife Loft pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure preſent principal proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſay ſcarce ſcene ſeen ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſpeech ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe word