Elements of Criticism, Volum 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Pàgina 12
... against a benefactor founded folely upon filial piety , will never fuggeft unlawful means ; because it can never exceed the bounds of justice . And yet the crime here attempted , murder under truft repofed , is what even a mifcreant ...
... against a benefactor founded folely upon filial piety , will never fuggeft unlawful means ; because it can never exceed the bounds of justice . And yet the crime here attempted , murder under truft repofed , is what even a mifcreant ...
Pàgina 16
... against creatures of an in- ferior species ; witness a Turkycock swell- ing with pride , and strutting with displayed feathers . This object appears ridiculous , and in a gay mood is apt to provoke a laugh of derifion . We must not ...
... against creatures of an in- ferior species ; witness a Turkycock swell- ing with pride , and strutting with displayed feathers . This object appears ridiculous , and in a gay mood is apt to provoke a laugh of derifion . We must not ...
Pàgina 25
... against the author . These feelings are all of them'occafioned by the impropriety of the action . When the action is confidered as unjuft , it occafions another set of feelings . In the author it produces remorse , and a dread of me ...
... against the author . These feelings are all of them'occafioned by the impropriety of the action . When the action is confidered as unjuft , it occafions another set of feelings . In the author it produces remorse , and a dread of me ...
Pàgina 30
... against law , is improper , but it is not mean . every action of dignity is alfo proper , and every mean action is alfo improper . tion . But This fenfe of the dignity of human na- ture , reaches even our pleasures and amuse- ments . If ...
... against law , is improper , but it is not mean . every action of dignity is alfo proper , and every mean action is alfo improper . tion . But This fenfe of the dignity of human na- ture , reaches even our pleasures and amuse- ments . If ...
Pàgina 46
... against a post when he was drunk . Ibid . Millament . Sententious Mirabell ! pr'ythee don't look with that violent and inflexible wife face , like Solomon at the dividing of the child in an old tapestry hanging . Way of the world . A ...
... against a post when he was drunk . Ibid . Millament . Sententious Mirabell ! pr'ythee don't look with that violent and inflexible wife face , like Solomon at the dividing of the child in an old tapestry hanging . Way of the world . A ...
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt beſtow betwixt cafe caufe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf Jane Shore laft language laſt lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſh purpoſe raiſed reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſcarce ſenſe ſeparate ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpectator Spondees ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe ther theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words