Elements of Criticism, Svazek 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... terms can never be the subject of com- parison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear Shakespear compares adverfity to a toad , and flander to COMPARISONS . Ch . XIX . Forerun the royal camp to trench a field surl? ...
... terms can never be the subject of com- parison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear Shakespear compares adverfity to a toad , and flander to COMPARISONS . Ch . XIX . Forerun the royal camp to trench a field surl? ...
Strana 16
... subject in a strong light . The foregoing comparisons operate by resemblance ; others have the fame effect by contrast : York . I am the last of Noble Edward's fons , Of whom thy father , Prince of Wales , was first In war , was never ...
... subject in a strong light . The foregoing comparisons operate by resemblance ; others have the fame effect by contrast : York . I am the last of Noble Edward's fons , Of whom thy father , Prince of Wales , was first In war , was never ...
Strana 17
... subject , af- ford great delight by their beauty and va- riety : * He scarce had ceas'd , when the fuperior fiend Was moving toward the fhore ; his pond'rous fhield , Ethereal temper , maffy , large , and round , Behind him caft ; the ...
... subject , af- ford great delight by their beauty and va- riety : * He scarce had ceas'd , when the fuperior fiend Was moving toward the fhore ; his pond'rous fhield , Ethereal temper , maffy , large , and round , Behind him caft ; the ...
Strana 36
... subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to one that is diminutive , however delicate the refem- blance may be . It is the peculiar character of of a grand object to fix the attention , and ...
... subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to one that is diminutive , however delicate the refem- blance may be . It is the peculiar character of of a grand object to fix the attention , and ...
Strana 48
... subject is burlefque or ludi- crous , fuch fimiles are far from being im Horace fays pleasantly , proper . Quanquam tu levior cortice . L. 3 . ode 9 . And Shakespear , In breaking oaths he's stronger than Hercules . And this leads me to ...
... subject is burlefque or ludi- crous , fuch fimiles are far from being im Horace fays pleasantly , proper . Quanquam tu levior cortice . L. 3 . ode 9 . And Shakespear , In breaking oaths he's stronger than Hercules . And this leads me to ...
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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
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Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 18 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.