Elements of Criticism, Volum 2J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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Pàgina 433
... regularity , order , fymmetry , fimplicity , utility ; and with respect to the latter , the addition of fize is fufficient . But though it is evident , that every building ought to have a certain character or expreffion fuited to its ...
... regularity , order , fymmetry , fimplicity , utility ; and with respect to the latter , the addition of fize is fufficient . But though it is evident , that every building ought to have a certain character or expreffion fuited to its ...
Pàgina 435
... regularity , diftributes her objects in great variety with a bold hand . A large field laid out with ftrict regularity , is ftiff and artificial † . Na- ture indeed , in organized bodies comprehended under one view , ftudies regularity ...
... regularity , diftributes her objects in great variety with a bold hand . A large field laid out with ftrict regularity , is ftiff and artificial † . Na- ture indeed , in organized bodies comprehended under one view , ftudies regularity ...
Pàgina 438
... Regularity is required in that part of a garden which is adjacent to the dwelling - house ; because an immediate acceffory ought to partake the regu- larity of the principal object * : but in proportion to The influence of this ...
... Regularity is required in that part of a garden which is adjacent to the dwelling - house ; because an immediate acceffory ought to partake the regu- larity of the principal object * : but in proportion to The influence of this ...
Pàgina 439
... regularity to a bold variety . Such arrangement tends to make an im- preffion of grandeur : and grandeur ought to be ... regularity : Flowers worthy of paradife , which not nice art In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Pour'd ...
... regularity to a bold variety . Such arrangement tends to make an im- preffion of grandeur : and grandeur ought to be ... regularity : Flowers worthy of paradife , which not nice art In beds and curious knots , but Nature boon Pour'd ...
Pàgina 451
... regularity , as forcing nature out of its course : the waters are seen burst- ing from the caverns and windings of the artificial rocks , here a roaring cataract , there many gentle falls ; and the stream often impeded by trees and ...
... regularity , as forcing nature out of its course : the waters are seen burst- ing from the caverns and windings of the artificial rocks , here a roaring cataract , there many gentle falls ; and the stream often impeded by trees and ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears beauty becauſe caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumftance cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription difagreeable diftinct diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid Engliſh epic epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparation fhall fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome ftill fubject fuch fupport fyllables garden greateſt hath Hexameter hiftory himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poem preſent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reaſon refpect reft reliſh repreſentation repreſented reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſpeech Spondees tafte taſte thefe theſe things thoſe thou tion uſe vafe verfe verſe words
Passatges populars
Pàgina 337 - 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 317 - 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 281 - 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?
Pàgina 332 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? 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 364 - I'll give my jewels, for a set of beads ; My gorgeous palace, for a hermitage ; My gay apparel, for an alms-man's gown ; My...
Pàgina 187 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Pàgina 237 - 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 192 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Pàgina 197 - 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 279 - Thou hast brought a vine out of Egypt: thou hast cast out the heathen, and planted it. 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.