Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 37
... subject as well as history . Even the members of these prefaces are but loosely connected . They look more like a number of maxims or observations than a connected difcourfe . An episode in a narrative poem being in effect an acceffory ...
... subject as well as history . Even the members of these prefaces are but loosely connected . They look more like a number of maxims or observations than a connected difcourfe . An episode in a narrative poem being in effect an acceffory ...
Page 161
... subject be obfcured by the beautiful description , this beauty is not lefs obfcured by its difcordant union with the disagree- ableness of the subject . For the fame rea- fon , afcending smoke in a calm morning is improper in a picture ...
... subject be obfcured by the beautiful description , this beauty is not lefs obfcured by its difcordant union with the disagree- ableness of the subject . For the fame rea- fon , afcending smoke in a calm morning is improper in a picture ...
Page 206
... subject illu- ftrated in a pleafant manner , by an author acquainted with every maze of the human heart , and who beftows ineffable grace and ornament upon every subject he handles . Rofalinda . I pray you , what is't a clock ? Orlando ...
... subject illu- ftrated in a pleafant manner , by an author acquainted with every maze of the human heart , and who beftows ineffable grace and ornament upon every subject he handles . Rofalinda . I pray you , what is't a clock ? Orlando ...
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action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo anger appears arts beauty becauſe betwixt Cæfar cafe caufe cauſe circumſtances compariſon confideration confidered connection contraft courſe criticiſm defcribing defire deſcription diftrefs diſagreeable diſcover diſtinct diſtinguiſhed diſtreſs effect emotion raiſed emotions and paffions exerciſe exiſtence faid fame feeling fenfe fenfible fhall fight fimilar fingle fingular fion firſt focial fome fometimes foon ftill fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf Iago ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances intereſting itſelf ject lefs leſs meaſure ment mind moſt motion mufic muſt myſelf nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffing painful emotion paſ paſt perceive perceptions perfon pity pleaſant emotion pleaſure preſent produce produceth puniſh purpoſes qualities reaſon reflection reliſh remarkable reſemblance ſcarce ſelfiſh ſenſe ſeparate Shakeſpear ſhall ſhould ſmall ſome ſpectator ſtill ſtrong ſuch ſurpriſe taſte thefe theſe thing thoſe tion uſe variety