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 271
... ornaments that founding words and figur- ative expreffion can beftow upon it . I fhall give a few examples of the foregoing rules . A poet of any genius is not apt to dress a high fub- ject in low words ; and yet blemishes of that kind ...
... ornaments that founding words and figur- ative expreffion can beftow upon it . I fhall give a few examples of the foregoing rules . A poet of any genius is not apt to dress a high fub- ject in low words ; and yet blemishes of that kind ...
Page 277
... , et Neptune . " And he adds , " The English poet may pleafe at Lon don , but the French every where else . " 64 in ornament , but poffeffeth not in the fame degree S3 CH . XXI . 277 Narration and Defcription . : ...
... , et Neptune . " And he adds , " The English poet may pleafe at Lon don , but the French every where else . " 64 in ornament , but poffeffeth not in the fame degree S3 CH . XXI . 277 Narration and Defcription . : ...
Page 278
... ornament , but poffeffeth not in the fame degree the talent of drawing from the life . A tranflation of the fixth fatire of Horace , begun by the former and finished by the latter , affords the faireft oppor- tunity for a comparifon ...
... ornament , but poffeffeth not in the fame degree the talent of drawing from the life . A tranflation of the fixth fatire of Horace , begun by the former and finished by the latter , affords the faireft oppor- tunity for a comparifon ...
Page 282
... ornament in narration ; and a fuperfluity of unneceffary words , no less than of circumftances , a great nuifance : judicious felection of the ftriking circumftances clothed in a nervous ftyle , is delightful . In this ftyle , Tacitus ...
... ornament in narration ; and a fuperfluity of unneceffary words , no less than of circumftances , a great nuifance : judicious felection of the ftriking circumftances clothed in a nervous ftyle , is delightful . In this ftyle , Tacitus ...
Page 340
... ornaments than at pref- ent it feems provided with . Gardening here has greatly the advantage : it is provided with plenty of materials for raifing fcenes without end , affecting the fpectator with variety of emotions . In architecture ...
... ornaments than at pref- ent it feems provided with . Gardening here has greatly the advantage : it is provided with plenty of materials for raifing fcenes without end , affecting the fpectator with variety of emotions . In architecture ...
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