Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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Pàgina 11
... rule is laid down by Diomedes + . " In verbis " obfervandum eft , ne a majoribus ad minora defcendat " oratio ; melius enim dicitur , Vir eft optimus , quam , " Vir optimus eft . " This rule is also applicable to en- tire members of a ...
... rule is laid down by Diomedes + . " In verbis " obfervandum eft , ne a majoribus ad minora defcendat " oratio ; melius enim dicitur , Vir eft optimus , quam , " Vir optimus eft . " This rule is also applicable to en- tire members of a ...
Pàgina 13
... rules I fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge right- ly , be agreeable illuftrations of thefe principles ... rule , That perfpicuity ought not to be facrificed to any other beauty whatever ; if it should be doubted whether ...
... rules I fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge right- ly , be agreeable illuftrations of thefe principles ... rule , That perfpicuity ought not to be facrificed to any other beauty whatever ; if it should be doubted whether ...
Pàgina 16
... rule next in order , becaufe next in importance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to the fub- ject : heroic actions or fentiments require elevated lan- guage ; tender fentiments ought to be expreffed in words foft and flowing ...
... rule next in order , becaufe next in importance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to the fub- ject : heroic actions or fentiments require elevated lan- guage ; tender fentiments ought to be expreffed in words foft and flowing ...
Pàgina 21
... rule of ftudying uniformity between the thought and expreffion , may be extended to govern the conftruc- tion of fentences or periods . A fentence or period ought to exprefs one entire thought or mental propofi- tion ; and different ...
... rule of ftudying uniformity between the thought and expreffion , may be extended to govern the conftruc- tion of fentences or periods . A fentence or period ought to exprefs one entire thought or mental propofi- tion ; and different ...
Pàgina 23
... rule in this cafe , I fhail give various ex- amples of deviations from it ; beginning with refem- blances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great mi- nifters very much to exceed ...
... rule in this cafe , I fhail give various ex- amples of deviations from it ; beginning with refem- blances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great mi- nifters very much to exceed ...
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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...