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... example , the following expreffions . Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart , angry ocean . The epithets here , in their proper meaning , are attributes of fen- fible beings . What is the effect of fuch epithets , when ...
... example , the following expreffions . Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart , angry ocean . The epithets here , in their proper meaning , are attributes of fen- fible beings . What is the effect of fuch epithets , when ...
Page 62
... examples , to show what power many paffions have to animate their objects . In all the foregoing exam- ples , the perfonification , if I mistake not , is so complete as to be derived from an ac- tual conviction , momentary indeed , of ...
... examples , to show what power many paffions have to animate their objects . In all the foregoing exam- ples , the perfonification , if I mistake not , is so complete as to be derived from an ac- tual conviction , momentary indeed , of ...
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... examples of this figure . Here are expreffions that cer- tainly import not the ordinary relation of an adjective to its fubftantive . A brink , for example , cannot be termed giddy in a proper fense : neither can it be termed giddy in ...
... examples of this figure . Here are expreffions that cer- tainly import not the ordinary relation of an adjective to its fubftantive . A brink , for example , cannot be termed giddy in a proper fense : neither can it be termed giddy in ...
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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