Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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Page 112
... still but one member ; and therefore that words may be feparated by an interjected circum- ftance , though thefe words are not feparated by a pause in the fenfe . This fets the matter in a clear light ; for , as obferved above , a ...
... still but one member ; and therefore that words may be feparated by an interjected circum- ftance , though thefe words are not feparated by a pause in the fenfe . This fets the matter in a clear light ; for , as obferved above , a ...
Page 114
... Still gathering force , it fmokes ; and urg'd amain , Whirls , leaps , and thunders down , impetuous to the plain : There ftops | So Hector . Their whole force he prov'd , Refiftlefs when he rag'd ; and when he ftopt , unmov'd . In the ...
... Still gathering force , it fmokes ; and urg'd amain , Whirls , leaps , and thunders down , impetuous to the plain : There ftops | So Hector . Their whole force he prov'd , Refiftlefs when he rag'd ; and when he ftopt , unmov'd . In the ...
Page 127
... still more confpicuous in the paufes and in the ac cents , which are diverfified in a furprifing manner . Of the beauty that refults from a due mixture of uni- formity and variety , many inftances have already occurred , but none more ...
... still more confpicuous in the paufes and in the ac cents , which are diverfified in a furprifing manner . Of the beauty that refults from a due mixture of uni- formity and variety , many inftances have already occurred , but none more ...
Page 159
... Still gath'ring force , it smokes ; and urg'd amain , Whirls , leaps , and thunders down , impetuous to the plain : There ftops - So Hector . Their whole force he prov'd ; Refistless when he rag'd ; and when he ftopt unmov'd . Iliad ...
... Still gath'ring force , it smokes ; and urg'd amain , Whirls , leaps , and thunders down , impetuous to the plain : There ftops - So Hector . Their whole force he prov'd ; Refistless when he rag'd ; and when he ftopt unmov'd . Iliad ...
Page 188
... still greater variety of action . * And Shakespear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner fingularly fanciful : Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king , Keeps Death his court ; and there the antic ...
... still greater variety of action . * And Shakespear perfonifies death and its operations in a manner fingularly fanciful : Within the hollow crown That rounds the mortal temples of a king , Keeps Death his court ; and there the antic ...
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