Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... rules ; but can discover no better foundation for any of them , than the practice merely of Ho- mer and Virgil ... rule , why should they be imitated ? If they ftudied nature , and were were obfequious to rational principles , why ...
... rules ; but can discover no better foundation for any of them , than the practice merely of Ho- mer and Virgil ... rule , why should they be imitated ? If they ftudied nature , and were were obfequious to rational principles , why ...
Page 288
... rule for reaching the sublime in such works of art as are susceptible of it ; and that is , to put in view those parts or circumstances only which make the greatest figure , keeping out of fight every thing that is low or trivial . Such ...
... rule for reaching the sublime in such works of art as are susceptible of it ; and that is , to put in view those parts or circumstances only which make the greatest figure , keeping out of fight every thing that is low or trivial . Such ...
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... rule in all their models . Another rule chiefly regards the fublime , though it may be applied to every literary performance intended for amusement ; and that is , to avoid as much as poffible abstract and general terms . Such terms ...
... rule in all their models . Another rule chiefly regards the fublime , though it may be applied to every literary performance intended for amusement ; and that is , to avoid as much as poffible abstract and general terms . Such terms ...
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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