Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... resemblance between found and fignification . The beauties of verse are handled in the laft fection : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many peculiar beauties , which for the fake ...
... resemblance between found and fignification . The beauties of verse are handled in the laft fection : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many peculiar beauties , which for the fake ...
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... resemblance , we in afcending conceive the second object of no great- er fize than the first , the third of no greater fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft ; which dimi- nifheth in appearance the fize of the whole : but when ...
... resemblance , we in afcending conceive the second object of no great- er fize than the first , the third of no greater fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft ; which dimi- nifheth in appearance the fize of the whole : but when ...
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... resemblance of words in a period that expreffes a comparison , is going out of one's road to avoid it . Instead of productions , which refemble not minifters great nor fmall , the proper word is writers or authors . If men of eminence ...
... resemblance of words in a period that expreffes a comparison , is going out of one's road to avoid it . Instead of productions , which refemble not minifters great nor fmall , the proper word is writers or authors . If men of eminence ...
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... resemblance can well admit . Ministers are answerable for every thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the preservation of the conftitution in its purity and vi- gour , or the perverting and ...
... resemblance can well admit . Ministers are answerable for every thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the preservation of the conftitution in its purity and vi- gour , or the perverting and ...
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... resemblance merely of the final fyllables . La- tin indeed has evidently the advantage when the adjective and fub- stantive happen to be connected by contiguity , as well as by refem- blance of the final fyllables . for for example ...
... resemblance merely of the final fyllables . La- tin indeed has evidently the advantage when the adjective and fub- stantive happen to be connected by contiguity , as well as by refem- blance of the final fyllables . for for example ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear arts beauty becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus diſtinguiſhed emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparate fhall fhort fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fupport fyllables garden greateſt hath Hexameter hiftory himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances itſelf jects language laſt leaſt lefs meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſical muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reprefented repreſentation reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhort Spondees ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion uſe vafes verfe verſe words
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Seite 184 - 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.
Seite 327 - 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...
Seite 234 - 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...
Seite 277 - 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?
Seite 234 - 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...
Seite 312 - 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.
Seite 235 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Seite 332 - 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...
Seite 432 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Seite 277 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...