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Page 66
... greater variety of action * . And Shake- fpear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner extremely fanciful : Eneid . iv . 173 . Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of Within 66 Ch . XX . FIGURES . Thus, to ...
... greater variety of action * . And Shake- fpear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner extremely fanciful : Eneid . iv . 173 . Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of Within 66 Ch . XX . FIGURES . Thus, to ...
Page 76
... King John , gravely exhorting the citizens . of Angiers to a furrender ; though a tragic writer has much greater latitude than a hi- * Dec. 1. 1. I. ftorian , 1 storian . Take the following specimen of this speech . 76 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
... King John , gravely exhorting the citizens . of Angiers to a furrender ; though a tragic writer has much greater latitude than a hi- * Dec. 1. 1. I. ftorian , 1 storian . Take the following specimen of this speech . 76 Ch . XX . FIGURES .
Page 399
... greater : Lear . Thou think'st ' tis much , that this conten- tious ftorm Invades us to the fkin ; fo ' tis to thee ; But where the greater malady is fix'd , The leffer is scarce felt . Thou'd'ft fhun a bear ; But if thy flight lay tow ...
... greater : Lear . Thou think'st ' tis much , that this conten- tious ftorm Invades us to the fkin ; fo ' tis to thee ; But where the greater malady is fix'd , The leffer is scarce felt . Thou'd'ft fhun a bear ; But if thy flight lay tow ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo allegory alſo appears architecture arts beauty becauſe beſt betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumſtances compariſon compofition confidered courſe defined deſcription diftinguiſhed diſagreeable effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fect fenfe fenfible fenſe fhall fignify figure fimile firſt fize fome fpeech ftill fubject fuch garden grandeur hath Henry VI himſelf hiſtory houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances inſtead itſelf ject 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 principle proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſuch tafte taſte termed thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe words