Elements of Criticism, Volume 3Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... human affairs : no acciden- tal or unaccountable event ought to be in- dulged ; for the neceffary or probable con- nection betwixt vice and mifery , is learned from no events but what are governed by the characters and paffions of the ...
... human affairs : no acciden- tal or unaccountable event ought to be in- dulged ; for the neceffary or probable con- nection betwixt vice and mifery , is learned from no events but what are governed by the characters and paffions of the ...
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... human beings ; and the . moral we draw is founded on that fuppofition . Homer , it is true , introduces the gods into his fable ; and he was authorised to take that liberty by the religion of his country ; it being an article in the ...
... human beings ; and the . moral we draw is founded on that fuppofition . Homer , it is true , introduces the gods into his fable ; and he was authorised to take that liberty by the religion of his country ; it being an article in the ...
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... human actions i . 48. 49. 276. We are impelled to action by de- fire i . 55. Some actions are ultimate , fome are means leading to an end i . 57. Actions great and elevated , low and groveling i . 276. Emotions oc- cafioned by propriety ...
... human actions i . 48. 49. 276. We are impelled to action by de- fire i . 55. Some actions are ultimate , fome are means leading to an end i . 57. Actions great and elevated , low and groveling i . 276. Emotions oc- cafioned by propriety ...
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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