Elements of Criticism, Volum 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Pàgina 9
... present form , is a mighty fine thing ; but as it deviates from nature in its capital circumstances , we look not for any thing natural in those which are acceffory . On the other hand , a serious and important subject , admits not much ...
... present form , is a mighty fine thing ; but as it deviates from nature in its capital circumstances , we look not for any thing natural in those which are acceffory . On the other hand , a serious and important subject , admits not much ...
Pàgina 31
... present present fubject . And it will not be diffi- cult Ch . XI . DIGNITY AND MEANNESS . 31.
... present present fubject . And it will not be diffi- cult Ch . XI . DIGNITY AND MEANNESS . 31.
Pàgina 32
Lord Henry Home Kames. present fubject . And it will not be diffi- cult to form a scale of them , beginning at the meanest , and afcending gradually to thofe of the highest rank and dignity . Pleasure felt as at the organ of fense ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. present fubject . And it will not be diffi- cult to form a scale of them , beginning at the meanest , and afcending gradually to thofe of the highest rank and dignity . Pleasure felt as at the organ of fense ...
Pàgina 82
... present underta- king ; and therefore I confine myself to those that are paffive . This fubject is thorny and intricate . Some pleasures are fortified by cuftom ; and yet custom begets familiarity , and confequently indifference ...
... present underta- king ; and therefore I confine myself to those that are paffive . This fubject is thorny and intricate . Some pleasures are fortified by cuftom ; and yet custom begets familiarity , and confequently indifference ...
Pàgina 83
... present . Whatever be the caufe , it is an establish- ed fact , that we are much influenced by custom . It hath an effect upon our plea- fures , upon our actions , and even upon our thoughts and fentiments . Habit makes no figure during ...
... present . Whatever be the caufe , it is an establish- ed fact , that we are much influenced by custom . It hath an effect upon our plea- fures , upon our actions , and even upon our thoughts and fentiments . Habit makes no figure during ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
accent Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt beſtow betwixt cafe caufe cauſe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſcover diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparable fhall fhort fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome fpectator 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 muſical muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced pronunciation propriety puniſh purpoſe raiſed reaſon refpect reliſh reſemblance rhyme ridicule rule ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort fyllables ſhould ſome Spondees ſtrong ſuch taſte thefe ther theſe things thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 99 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours...
Pàgina 216 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Pàgina 224 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Pàgina 219 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Pàgina 403 - For others good, or melt at others woe. What can atone (oh ever-injur'd shade !) Thy fate unpity'd, and thy rites unpaid ? No friend's complaint, no kind domestic tear Pleas'd thy pale ghost, or grac'd thy mournful bier : By foreign hands thy dying eyes were clos'd, By foreign hands thy decent limbs compos'd, By foreign hands thy humble grave adorn'd, By strangers honour'd, and by strangers mourn'd! What tho' no friends in sable weeds appear.
Pàgina 72 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Pàgina 207 - Thou sun, said I, fair light, And thou enlighten'd earth, so fresh and gay, Ye hills and dales, ye rivers, woods, and plains, And ye that live and move, fair creatures, tell, Tell, if ye saw, how came I thus, how here?
Pàgina 209 - Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Pàgina 219 - Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Pàgina 405 - ... mountain's craggy forehead torn, A rock's round fragment flies, with fury borne (Which from the stubborn stone a torrent rends), Precipitate the...