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Page 55
... present subject . One thing is certain , that the mind is prone to bestow fenfibility upon things ina- nimate , where that violent effect is neceffary to gratify paffion . This is one instance , a- mong many , of the power of paffion to ...
... present subject . One thing is certain , that the mind is prone to bestow fenfibility upon things ina- nimate , where that violent effect is neceffary to gratify paffion . This is one instance , a- mong many , of the power of paffion to ...
Page 72
... present state of the spirits , lively or composed . Having thus at large explained the pre- fent figure , its different kinds , and the prin- ciples from whence derived ; what comes next in order is to afcertain its proper pro- vince ...
... present state of the spirits , lively or composed . Having thus at large explained the pre- fent figure , its different kinds , and the prin- ciples from whence derived ; what comes next in order is to afcertain its proper pro- vince ...
Page 187
... present subject ; particularly , That words are intimately A a 2 intimately connected with the ideas they re- present , and Ch . XXI . 187 DESCRIPTION .
... present subject ; particularly , That words are intimately A a 2 intimately connected with the ideas they re- present , and Ch . XXI . 187 DESCRIPTION .
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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