Elements of Criticism, Volume 1Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... train . A MAN while awake is fenfible of a continued train of objects paffing in his mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train : nor has he power to vary it by calling up an object at will * . At the fame time we ...
... train . A MAN while awake is fenfible of a continued train of objects paffing in his mind . It requires no activity on his part to carry on the train : nor has he power to vary it by calling up an object at will * . At the fame time we ...
Page 385
... train compofed of fuch ideas , ought to proceed with a flow pace . Hence an e- pic poem , a play , or any ftory connected in all its parts , may be perufed in a fhorter time , than a book of maxims or apothegms , of which a quick ...
... train compofed of fuch ideas , ought to proceed with a flow pace . Hence an e- pic poem , a play , or any ftory connected in all its parts , may be perufed in a fhorter time , than a book of maxims or apothegms , of which a quick ...
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... train composed of related objects : much more where the ob- jects are unrelated ; for an object , unconnect- ed with the former train , gains not admit- tance without effort ; and this effort , though scarce perceptible in a single ...
... train composed of related objects : much more where the ob- jects are unrelated ; for an object , unconnect- ed with the former train , gains not admit- tance without effort ; and this effort , though scarce perceptible in a single ...
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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