Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 272
... circumstance rendered disagreeable . Littleness , and low- nefs of place , are precisely fimilar in the fol- lowing ... circumstances . Were littleness , and lowness of place agreeable , greatness and elevation could not be fo . Were ...
... circumstance rendered disagreeable . Littleness , and low- nefs of place , are precisely fimilar in the fol- lowing ... circumstances . Were littleness , and lowness of place agreeable , greatness and elevation could not be fo . Were ...
Page 288
... circumstances only which make the greatest figure , keeping out of fight every thing that is low or trivial . Such judicious felection of capital circumstances , is by an eminent critic ftyled grandeur of * The mind , from an elevation ...
... circumstances only which make the greatest figure , keeping out of fight every thing that is low or trivial . Such judicious felection of capital circumstances , is by an eminent critic ftyled grandeur of * The mind , from an elevation ...
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... circumstances concur to produce this effect . On the one hand , the agitation of the mind and its keen atten- tion , prepare it in the most effectual man- ner for receiving a deep impreffion . On the other hand , the object by its ...
... circumstances concur to produce this effect . On the one hand , the agitation of the mind and its keen atten- tion , prepare it in the most effectual man- ner for receiving a deep impreffion . On the other hand , the object by its ...
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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