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 107
... Such pauses in a long work may be indulged ; but taken fingly , they certainly are not agreeable ; and I appeal to the following examples : The peer now fpreads the glitt'ring forfox wide As ever fully'd | the fair race of liht Repair'd ...
... Such pauses in a long work may be indulged ; but taken fingly , they certainly are not agreeable ; and I appeal to the following examples : The peer now fpreads the glitt'ring forfox wide As ever fully'd | the fair race of liht Repair'd ...
Page 128
... Such licence , however fanctioned by practice , is unpleafant by the difcordance between the paufes of the fenfe and of the melody . pafs the fense must be curtailed and broken into parts 128 Beauty of Language . CH . XVIII .
... Such licence , however fanctioned by practice , is unpleafant by the difcordance between the paufes of the fenfe and of the melody . pafs the fense must be curtailed and broken into parts 128 Beauty of Language . CH . XVIII .
Page 155
... Such comparisons have , by fome writers , † been con demned for the lownefs of the images introduced : but furely without reafon ; for , with regard to num- bers , they put the principal subject in a strong light , The foregoing ...
... Such comparisons have , by fome writers , † been con demned for the lownefs of the images introduced : but furely without reafon ; for , with regard to num- bers , they put the principal subject in a strong light , The foregoing ...
Page 159
... the proud creft of Satan , that no fight , Nor motion of fwift thought , lefs could his fhield Such ruin intercept . Ten paces huge * See chap . 4 . He He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His CH . XIX . 159 Comparisons .
... the proud creft of Satan , that no fight , Nor motion of fwift thought , lefs could his fhield Such ruin intercept . Ten paces huge * See chap . 4 . He He back recoil'd ; the tenth on bended knee His CH . XIX . 159 Comparisons .
Page 172
... Such a fimile upon the fimpleft of all actions , that of opening a door , is pure burlefque . A writer of delicacy will avoid drawing his com- parisons from any image that is naufeous , ugly , or remarkably difagreeable : for however ...
... Such a fimile upon the fimpleft of all actions , that of opening a door , is pure burlefque . A writer of delicacy will avoid drawing his com- parisons from any image that is naufeous , ugly , or remarkably difagreeable : for however ...
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