Elements of Criticism, 3 tomasA. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... confined strictly to its proper province , that of gratifying the paffion ; and no sentiment nor action ought to be exerted by the ani- mated object , but what anfwers that pur- pofe . Perfonification is at any rate a bold figure , and ...
... confined strictly to its proper province , that of gratifying the paffion ; and no sentiment nor action ought to be exerted by the ani- mated object , but what anfwers that pur- pofe . Perfonification is at any rate a bold figure , and ...
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... confine words within their moft proper fenfe . An allegory differs from a metaphor ; and what I would chufe to call a figure of speech , dif- fers from both . I fhall proceed to explain thefe differences . A metaphor is defined a bove ...
... confine words within their moft proper fenfe . An allegory differs from a metaphor ; and what I would chufe to call a figure of speech , dif- fers from both . I fhall proceed to explain thefe differences . A metaphor is defined a bove ...
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... confine himself to the fimpleft expreffions , and make use of fuch words only as are applicable literally to the imagined nature of his fubject . Fi- gurative words ought carefully to be avoid- ed ; for fuch complicated images , instead ...
... confine himself to the fimpleft expreffions , and make use of fuch words only as are applicable literally to the imagined nature of his fubject . Fi- gurative words ought carefully to be avoid- ed ; for fuch complicated images , instead ...
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... confine the narrative part within the narrow- est bounds * . Homer understood perfect- ly the advantage of this method ; and his poems are both of them in a great measure dramatic . Lucan runs to the oppofite ex- treme ; and is guilty ...
... confine the narrative part within the narrow- est bounds * . Homer understood perfect- ly the advantage of this method ; and his poems are both of them in a great measure dramatic . Lucan runs to the oppofite ex- treme ; and is guilty ...
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... confine each within certain limits . He- roifm , magnanimity , undaunted courage , and the whole tribe of the elevated virtues , figure best in action : tender paffions and the whole tribe of fympathetic affections , figure best in ...
... confine each within certain limits . He- roifm , magnanimity , undaunted courage , and the whole tribe of the elevated virtues , figure best in action : tender paffions and the whole tribe of fympathetic affections , figure best in ...
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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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