Elements of Criticism, Volume 3Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 139
... means . Words ,, which have no original beauty but what arises from their found , acquire an adventitious beauty from their meaning . A word fignifying any thing that is agreeable , becomes by that means agreeable ; for the ...
... means . Words ,, which have no original beauty but what arises from their found , acquire an adventitious beauty from their meaning . A word fignifying any thing that is agreeable , becomes by that means agreeable ; for the ...
Page 373
... means of these principles , common to all men , a won- derful uniformity is preferved among the emotions and feelings of different indivi- duals ; the fame object making upon every perfon the fame impreffion ; the fame in kind , at ...
... means of these principles , common to all men , a won- derful uniformity is preferved among the emotions and feelings of different indivi- duals ; the fame object making upon every perfon the fame impreffion ; the fame in kind , at ...
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... means chiefly , that the particu- lars which we make the subject of our rea- foning , are brought into close union , and fe- parated from all others however naturally connected . Without the aid of fuch terms , the mind could never be ...
... means chiefly , that the particu- lars which we make the subject of our rea- foning , are brought into close union , and fe- parated from all others however naturally connected . Without the aid of fuch terms , the mind could never be ...
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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