Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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Pàgina 11
... expreffion , ought not , more than fingle words , ta proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the less to the greater . In arranging the members of a peri- od , no writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the follow- ing * See the ...
... expreffion , ought not , more than fingle words , ta proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the less to the greater . In arranging the members of a peri- od , no writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the follow- ing * See the ...
Pàgina 14
... expreffion ; for to have no meaning , is but one degree worfe than to have a meaning that is not understood . Want of perfpicuity from a wrong ar- rangement , belongs to the next branch . I thall here give a few examples where the ...
... expreffion ; for to have no meaning , is but one degree worfe than to have a meaning that is not understood . Want of perfpicuity from a wrong ar- rangement , belongs to the next branch . I thall here give a few examples where the ...
Pàgina 15
Lord Henry Home Kames. a vague or obfcure expreffion , is apt to gain favour with thole who neglect to examine it with a critical eye : to fome it carries that fenfe which they relish the most ; and by fuggesting various meanings at once ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. a vague or obfcure expreffion , is apt to gain favour with thole who neglect to examine it with a critical eye : to fome it carries that fenfe which they relish the most ; and by fuggesting various meanings at once ...
Pàgina 16
... expreffion , one would think the author meant to distinguish the antient inha- bitants from the natives ; and we cannot difcover other- wife than from the fenfe , that these are only different names given to the fame object for the fake ...
... expreffion , one would think the author meant to distinguish the antient inha- bitants from the natives ; and we cannot difcover other- wife than from the fenfe , that these are only different names given to the fame object for the fake ...
Pàgina 17
... expreffion , is a great beauty : because fuch imitation . makes the words concordant with the fenfe . This doc . trine may be illuftrated by a familiar example : when we have occafion to mention the intimate connection that the foul ...
... expreffion , is a great beauty : because fuch imitation . makes the words concordant with the fenfe . This doc . trine may be illuftrated by a familiar example : when we have occafion to mention the intimate connection that the foul ...
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accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appears beauty becauſe cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguished effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible fentiment feparated fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimilar fimile fingle firft fome fpeech ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fupport garden hath Hexameter houſe Iliad impreffion inftances itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe Spondees tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe vafes verfe words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 202 - 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 193 - 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 145 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Pàgina 223 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Pàgina 144 - 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 144 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Pàgina 169 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?
Pàgina 144 - 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 206 - 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 171 - 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...