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Page 110
... First Part Henry IV . at 5. fc . 9 . Figuring a man who hath acquired great reputation and honour to be a tree full ... First with the best of note . Cymbeline lov'd me First 110 Ch . XX . FIGURES . Figuring human life to be a voyage at ...
... First Part Henry IV . at 5. fc . 9 . Figuring a man who hath acquired great reputation and honour to be a tree full ... First with the best of note . Cymbeline lov'd me First 110 Ch . XX . FIGURES . Figuring human life to be a voyage at ...
Page 172
... first appearance , endeavours to exhibit all his talents , is never relished ; the first periods of a work ought therefore to be short , natural , and fimple . Cicero , in his oration pro Archia poeta , errs against this rule his reader ...
... first appearance , endeavours to exhibit all his talents , is never relished ; the first periods of a work ought therefore to be short , natural , and fimple . Cicero , in his oration pro Archia poeta , errs against this rule his reader ...
Page 257
... first to last , reprefent fo many links , all connected together in one regular chain . No author , ancient or modern , poffeffes the art of dialogue equal to Shakespear . Dry- den , in this particular , may juftly be pla- ced as his ...
... first to last , reprefent fo many links , all connected together in one regular chain . No author , ancient or modern , poffeffes the art of dialogue equal to Shakespear . Dry- den , in this particular , may juftly be pla- ced as his ...
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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