Elements of Criticism, Volume 3Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 95
... reader in his eye . He ought in particular never to venture a bold thought or expreffion , till the reader be warmed and prepared for it . For this reason , an hyperbole in the beginning of a- ny work can never be in its place . Ex ...
... reader in his eye . He ought in particular never to venture a bold thought or expreffion , till the reader be warmed and prepared for it . For this reason , an hyperbole in the beginning of a- ny work can never be in its place . Ex ...
Page 144
... readers , faucia will be confidered as expreffing fimply the effect of grief ; but one of a lively imagina- tion will ... reader a lift of the feveral rela- tions upon which figures of speech are com- monly founded . This lift I divide ...
... readers , faucia will be confidered as expreffing fimply the effect of grief ; but one of a lively imagina- tion will ... reader a lift of the feveral rela- tions upon which figures of speech are com- monly founded . This lift I divide ...
Page 265
... reader may be hurried into the heat of action , referving the preliminaries for a converfation - piece , if it fhall be thought neceffary . This method , at the fame time , being dramatic , hath a peculiar beauty , which narration ...
... reader may be hurried into the heat of action , referving the preliminaries for a converfation - piece , if it fhall be thought neceffary . This method , at the fame time , being dramatic , hath a peculiar beauty , which narration ...
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