Elements of Criticism, Nide 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Sivu 70
... expression angry ocean , for example , do we not ta- citly compare the ocean in a ftorm , to a man in wrath ? It is by this tacit compa- rifon , that the expreffion acquires a force or elevation , beyond what is found when an epithet is ...
... expression angry ocean , for example , do we not ta- citly compare the ocean in a ftorm , to a man in wrath ? It is by this tacit compa- rifon , that the expreffion acquires a force or elevation , beyond what is found when an epithet is ...
Sivu 154
... expression difplay'd in these tables , affords great scope for reafoning and reflection . Several of the obfervations relating to metaphor , are ap- plicable to figures of fpeech . These I fhall fall flightly retouch , with fome ...
... expression difplay'd in these tables , affords great scope for reafoning and reflection . Several of the obfervations relating to metaphor , are ap- plicable to figures of fpeech . These I fhall fall flightly retouch , with fome ...
Sivu 339
... expression : conveniency regulates the fitu- ation of a private dwelling - house ; but , as I have had occafion to obferve * , the fituation of a palace ought to be lofty . And this leads me to examine , whether the fituation of a great ...
... expression : conveniency regulates the fitu- ation of a private dwelling - house ; but , as I have had occafion to obferve * , the fituation of a palace ought to be lofty . And this leads me to examine , whether the fituation of a great ...
Sivu 435
... expressions or figns difagreeable ii . 132 . Primary and secondary qualities of matter i . 259 . Principle ) of order i . 28. 29. of morality i . 49. 74 . ii . 21. of felf - prefervation . i . 96. of selfishness i . 227. 229. of ...
... expressions or figns difagreeable ii . 132 . Primary and secondary qualities of matter i . 259 . Principle ) of order i . 28. 29. of morality i . 49. 74 . ii . 21. of felf - prefervation . i . 96. of selfishness i . 227. 229. of ...
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Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
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
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Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 18 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once...
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.