Elements of Criticism, 3 tomasA. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... expreffion , to elevate or dignify more one of the human fpecies , than is done by this comparison . I am fenfi- ble , at the same time , that such a compa rison among Chriftians , who entertain juster notions of the Deity , would ...
... expreffion , to elevate or dignify more one of the human fpecies , than is done by this comparison . I am fenfi- ble , at the same time , that such a compa rison among Chriftians , who entertain juster notions of the Deity , would ...
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... expreffion , lies betwixt these two extremes . It is ob- fervable , that a man , when elevated or ani- mated by any paffion , is difpofed to elevate or animate all his objects : he avoids familiar names , exalts objects by ...
... expreffion , lies betwixt these two extremes . It is ob- fervable , that a man , when elevated or ani- mated by any paffion , is difpofed to elevate or animate all his objects : he avoids familiar names , exalts objects by ...
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... expreffions , which , though commonly reduced to this figure , are used without ceremony or any fort of preparation . I give , for example , the following expreffions . Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart , angry ocean ...
... expreffions , which , though commonly reduced to this figure , are used without ceremony or any fort of preparation . I give , for example , the following expreffions . Thirsty ground , hungry church - yard , furious dart , angry ocean ...
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... expreffions mentioned in the beginning , thirsty ground , furious dart , and fuch like , it feems as difficult as at firft to fay what fort of perfonification it is . Such expreffions evidently raise not the slightest conviction of ...
... expreffions mentioned in the beginning , thirsty ground , furious dart , and fuch like , it feems as difficult as at firft to fay what fort of perfonification it is . Such expreffions evidently raise not the slightest conviction of ...
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... expreffions have naturally upon the mind . In the 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 ...
... expreffions have naturally upon the mind . In the 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 ...
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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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