Elements of Criticism, Volume 3Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... event ought to be in- dulged ; for the neceffary or probable con- nection betwixt vice and misery , is learned from no events but what are governed by the characters and paffions of the perfons represented . A real event of which we fee ...
... event ought to be in- dulged ; for the neceffary or probable con- nection betwixt vice and misery , is learned from no events but what are governed by the characters and paffions of the perfons represented . A real event of which we fee ...
Page 261
... event , con- nected with fubordinate events or incidents by the relation of caufation . In running o- ver a series of fubordinate events , we cannot reft upon any one ; because they are presented to us as means only , leading to fome ...
... event , con- nected with fubordinate events or incidents by the relation of caufation . In running o- ver a series of fubordinate events , we cannot reft upon any one ; because they are presented to us as means only , leading to fome ...
Page 262
... event is brought about , and the defign accomplished . A design or plan thus happily perfected , after many obftructions , affords wonderful delight to the reader . And to produce this delight , a principle mentioned above * mainly ...
... event is brought about , and the defign accomplished . A design or plan thus happily perfected , after many obftructions , affords wonderful delight to the reader . And to produce this delight , a principle mentioned above * mainly ...
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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