Elements of Criticism, Volume 3Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 76
... writer , even in the most lively description , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch easy personifications as agree with the tone of mind infpired by the description . In plain narrative , again , the mind ...
... writer , even in the most lively description , ought to take a lower flight , and content himself with fuch easy personifications as agree with the tone of mind infpired by the description . In plain narrative , again , the mind ...
Page 195
... writers of inferior rank are continually upon the stretch to enliven and enforce their fubject by exaggeration and ... writer too liberal of su- perlatives , exhaufts his whole stock upon ordinary incidents , and reserves no share to B ...
... writers of inferior rank are continually upon the stretch to enliven and enforce their fubject by exaggeration and ... writer too liberal of su- perlatives , exhaufts his whole stock upon ordinary incidents , and reserves no share to B ...
Page 197
... Writers of genius , fenfible that the eye is the best avenue to the heart , repre- fent every thing as paffing in our fight ; and from readers or hearers , transform us , as it were , into spectators . A fkilful writer conceals himself ...
... Writers of genius , fenfible that the eye is the best avenue to the heart , repre- fent every thing as paffing in our fight ; and from readers or hearers , transform us , as it were , into spectators . A fkilful writer conceals himself ...
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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