An Abridgment of Elements of CriticismTowar, J. & D.M. Hogan, 1831 - 300 pàgines |
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Pàgina vi
... equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the simpler to the more involved cases : and in a due course of discipline , custom , which improves all our facul- ties , bestows acuteness on that of reason , sufficient to ...
... equally pleasant and familiar : we proceed gradually from the simpler to the more involved cases : and in a due course of discipline , custom , which improves all our facul- ties , bestows acuteness on that of reason , sufficient to ...
Pàgina 13
... equally welcome . Hence wit is incompatible with a solid judgment . Memory and wit are often conjoined ; solid judgment seldom with either . There is order as well as connexion in the succes- sion of our ideas . The principle of order ...
... equally welcome . Hence wit is incompatible with a solid judgment . Memory and wit are often conjoined ; solid judgment seldom with either . There is order as well as connexion in the succes- sion of our ideas . The principle of order ...
Pàgina 34
... equally painful and disagreeable . We come now to the modifications of these passions as respects the science of criticism . The pleasure or pain of one passion differs from that of another , as of revenge gratified from that of love ...
... equally painful and disagreeable . We come now to the modifications of these passions as respects the science of criticism . The pleasure or pain of one passion differs from that of another , as of revenge gratified from that of love ...
Pàgina 38
... equally sudden in their decay . This is commonly the case of anger . And , with respect to wonder and surprise , which also suddenly decay , another reason concurs , that their causes are of short duration novelty soon degenerates into ...
... equally sudden in their decay . This is commonly the case of anger . And , with respect to wonder and surprise , which also suddenly decay , another reason concurs , that their causes are of short duration novelty soon degenerates into ...
Pàgina 51
... equally various ; and yet all the various emotions of beauty maintain one common character , that of sweet- ness and gaiety . Considering attentively the beauty of visible objects , we discover two kinds : first , intrinsic beauty ...
... equally various ; and yet all the various emotions of beauty maintain one common character , that of sweet- ness and gaiety . Considering attentively the beauty of visible objects , we discover two kinds : first , intrinsic beauty ...
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Pàgina 183 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Pàgina 54 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pàgina 58 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Pàgina 71 - It must not be : if Cassio do remain, ' He hath a daily beauty in his life, That makes me ugly ; and, besides, the Moor May unfold me to him ; there stand I in much peril : No, he must die : — But so, I hear him coming.
Pàgina 230 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Pàgina 202 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Pàgina 229 - But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And know what 'tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope I blush, and hide my sword.
Pàgina 56 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Pàgina 234 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Pàgina 220 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day with patient expectation To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...