Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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Pàgina 73
... single circumstances . But the e- numeration of many particulars in the fame pe- riod is often neceffary ; and the question is , In what order they fhould be placed . It does not feem easy , at firft view , to bring a fubject appa ...
... single circumstances . But the e- numeration of many particulars in the fame pe- riod is often neceffary ; and the question is , In what order they fhould be placed . It does not feem easy , at firft view , to bring a fubject appa ...
Pàgina 77
... single instance could be given of this fpecies of compofition , in any language . The period thus arranged admits a full close up- on the word compofition ; after which it goes on languidly , and clofes without force . This ble- mith ...
... single instance could be given of this fpecies of compofition , in any language . The period thus arranged admits a full close up- on the word compofition ; after which it goes on languidly , and clofes without force . This ble- mith ...
Pàgina 79
... single period : I add one rule more concern- ing the distribution of a difcourfe i to different periods . A fhort period is lively and familiar : a long period , requiring more attention , makes an impreffion grave and folemn * . In ...
... single period : I add one rule more concern- ing the distribution of a difcourfe i to different periods . A fhort period is lively and familiar : a long period , requiring more attention , makes an impreffion grave and folemn * . In ...
Pàgina 86
... single word makes an impreffion resembling that which is made by the thing it fignifies ; witnefs the word running , compofed of two fhort fyllables ; and more re- markably the words rapidity , impetuofity , preci- pitation . Brutal ...
... single word makes an impreffion resembling that which is made by the thing it fignifies ; witnefs the word running , compofed of two fhort fyllables ; and more re- markably the words rapidity , impetuofity , preci- pitation . Brutal ...
Pàgina 120
... single couplet ; but if frequent would foon become disgustful . The other exception concerns the fecond line of a couplet , which is fometimes stretched out to twelve fyllables , termed an Alexandrine line : A needlefs Alexandrine ends ...
... single couplet ; but if frequent would foon become disgustful . The other exception concerns the fecond line of a couplet , which is fometimes stretched out to twelve fyllables , termed an Alexandrine line : A needlefs Alexandrine ends ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear arts beauty becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus diſtinguiſhed emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparate fhall fhort fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fupport fyllables garden greateſt hath Hexameter hiftory himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances itſelf jects language laſt leaſt lefs meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſical muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reprefented repreſentation reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhort Spondees ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion uſe vafes verfe verſe words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 184 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Pàgina 327 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
Pàgina 234 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
Pàgina 277 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Pàgina 234 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Pàgina 312 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Pàgina 235 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Pàgina 332 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
Pàgina 432 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Pàgina 277 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...