Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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Pàgina xi
... particulars both new and abftrufe , it was difficult to exprefs every article with fufficient perfpicuity ; and after all the pains bestow'd , there remained certain certain paffages which are generally thought . obfcure . The.
... particulars both new and abftrufe , it was difficult to exprefs every article with fufficient perfpicuity ; and after all the pains bestow'd , there remained certain certain paffages which are generally thought . obfcure . The.
Pàgina xii
... thought . obfcure . The author giving an attentive ear to every cenfure of this kind , has , in the pre- fent edition , renewed his efforts to correct eve- ry fuch defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether ...
... thought . obfcure . The author giving an attentive ear to every cenfure of this kind , has , in the pre- fent edition , renewed his efforts to correct eve- ry fuch defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether ...
Pàgina 11
... thoughts ! It could not furely be his opinion , * Genius is allied to a warm and inflamable conftitution , deli- cacy of taste to calmnefs and fedatenefs . Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every paffion ; which ...
... thoughts ! It could not furely be his opinion , * Genius is allied to a warm and inflamable conftitution , deli- cacy of taste to calmnefs and fedatenefs . Hence it is common to find genius in one who is a prey to every paffion ; which ...
Pàgina 14
... thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be pu- blicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flovenly drefs ; and therefore he pretends not otherwife to apologise for his errors , than by obferving ...
... thought ftruck him , that his private meditations might be pu- blicly useful . In public , however , he would not appear in a flovenly drefs ; and therefore he pretends not otherwife to apologise for his errors , than by obferving ...
Pàgina 16
... thoughts is not merely ca- fual and if it depend not upon will , nor upon chance , by what law is it governed ? The que ... thought ; because we find by ex- perience , that ideas are connected in the mind precisely as their objects are ...
... thoughts is not merely ca- fual and if it depend not upon will , nor upon chance , by what law is it governed ? The que ... thought ; because we find by ex- perience , that ideas are connected in the mind precisely as their objects are ...
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Passatges populars
Pàgina 272 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast?
Pàgina 496 - 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 146 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Pàgina 66 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Pàgina 269 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Pàgina 492 - 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 377 - 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 146 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
Pàgina 126 - Out upon her ! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Pàgina 66 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.