Elements of Criticism, Volum 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Pàgina 36
... epic poem , or in any ele- vated fubject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be ...
... epic poem , or in any ele- vated fubject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be ...
Pàgina 42
... . Such falfe coin , or bastard wit , does extremely well in bur- lefque ; but is far below the dignity of the epic , or of any ferious compofition : The The noble fifter of Poplicola , The moon of Rome 42 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
... . Such falfe coin , or bastard wit , does extremely well in bur- lefque ; but is far below the dignity of the epic , or of any ferious compofition : The The noble fifter of Poplicola , The moon of Rome 42 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS .
Pàgina 170
... epic poetry ; and at no rate are they proper , till the reader be warmed , and by an enlivened imagination be prepared to relish them : in that ftate of mind , they are extremely a- greeable . But while we are fedate and at- tentive to ...
... epic poetry ; and at no rate are they proper , till the reader be warmed , and by an enlivened imagination be prepared to relish them : in that ftate of mind , they are extremely a- greeable . But while we are fedate and at- tentive to ...
Pàgina 171
... epic poem ; giving for a reason , that the writer ought to husband his fire . This reafon has weight ; but what is faid above fuggests a reason ftill more weighty : Bold thoughts and figures are never relifhed till the mind be heated ...
... epic poem ; giving for a reason , that the writer ought to husband his fire . This reafon has weight ; but what is faid above fuggests a reason ftill more weighty : Bold thoughts and figures are never relifhed till the mind be heated ...
Pàgina 174
... every thing that paffes . In this view , the narra- tive in an epic poem ought to rival a picture Part . fect . 6 . C in the liveliness and accuracy of its repre fentations : in 174 NARRATION AND Ch . XXP . Again, ...
... every thing that paffes . In this view , the narra- tive in an epic poem ought to rival a picture Part . fect . 6 . C in the liveliness and accuracy of its repre fentations : in 174 NARRATION AND Ch . XXP . Again, ...
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abſtract action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo allegory alſo appears beauty becauſe betwixt caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumftance compariſon compofition confidered Cymbeline defcription difagreeable diſtinguiſhed effect effential emotions employ'd Eneid epic poem epic poetry Euripides expreffed expreffion fame fcene fect feems fenfe fenfible fhall fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpectator fpeech ftandard ftill fubject fuch fuppofe garden hath Henry IV Henry VI himſelf houſe Iliad imagination impreffion inftances itſelf ject lefs meaſure metaphor mind moſt Mozambic mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfcure obferved objects occafion oppofite ornament paffage paffing paffion Paradife Loft perfon perfonification pleaſant pleaſure prefent principle proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance Richard II ſcene ſenſe ſome ſtage ſtate ſuch tafte taſte termed thee thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe vafes words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 178 - 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 15 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell, Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires...
Pàgina 211 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My...
Pàgina 67 - 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 12 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Pàgina 17 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Pàgina 199 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Pàgina 18 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once...
Pàgina 62 - First in his east the glorious lamp was seen, Regent of day, and all th' horizon round Invested with bright rays, jocund to run His longitude through heav'n's high road; the gray Dawn and the Pleiades before him danc'd, Shedding sweet influence...
Pàgina 55 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.