Elements of CriticismCollins and Hannay, 1830 - 476 psl. |
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... Euripides , * is stuffed with a number of common and trivial circumstances . But of all writers , Lucan , as to this article , is the most injudici- ous : the sea - fight between the Romans and Massilians , † is de- scribed so much in ...
... Euripides , * is stuffed with a number of common and trivial circumstances . But of all writers , Lucan , as to this article , is the most injudici- ous : the sea - fight between the Romans and Massilians , † is de- scribed so much in ...
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... Euripides traces of that practice were still recent ; and the Athenians , through the pre- valence of custom , could without disgust suffer human sacrifices to be represented in their theatre , of which the Iphigenia of Euripides is a ...
... Euripides traces of that practice were still recent ; and the Athenians , through the pre- valence of custom , could without disgust suffer human sacrifices to be represented in their theatre , of which the Iphigenia of Euripides is a ...
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... Euripides , act 5 , an illustrious instance , namely , the speech of Theseus , upon hearing of his son's dismal exit . In Ra- cine's tragedy of Esther , the Queen hearing of the decree issued against her people , instead of expressing ...
... Euripides , act 5 , an illustrious instance , namely , the speech of Theseus , upon hearing of his son's dismal exit . In Ra- cine's tragedy of Esther , the Queen hearing of the decree issued against her people , instead of expressing ...
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... imperfect imitation is a venial fault , compared with that of running cross to nature . In the Hippolytus of Euripides , * * Act 4. sc . 5 . Hippolytus , wishing for another self in his own situation SENTIMENTS . 219.
... imperfect imitation is a venial fault , compared with that of running cross to nature . In the Hippolytus of Euripides , * * Act 4. sc . 5 . Hippolytus , wishing for another self in his own situation SENTIMENTS . 219.
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... scene of Alcestes , and in the other introductions of Euripides , almost without exception . Nothing can be more ri- Soliloquies accounted for , chap . 15 . diculous it puts one in mind of a most curious 225 LANGUAGE OF PASSION .
... scene of Alcestes , and in the other introductions of Euripides , almost without exception . Nothing can be more ri- Soliloquies accounted for , chap . 15 . diculous it puts one in mind of a most curious 225 LANGUAGE OF PASSION .
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accent action Æneid agreeable appear beauty blank verse burlesque Cæsar cause chap circumstance colour connected connexion degree Demetrius Phalereus dignity disagreeable distinguished distress doth effect elevation epic epic poem epic poetry Euripides example expression external signs Falstaff feeling figure figure of speech foregoing garden give grandeur gratification habit hath Heav'n Hence Henry IV Hexameter human ideas imagination imitation impression instances kind language less long syllable manner means melody mind motion nature never object observation occasion ornaments Othello pain Paradise Lost passion pause perceive perceptions person pleasant emotion pleasure poem produce produceth pronounced proper proportion qualities Quintilian reader reason relation relish remarkable resemblance respect rhyme ridicule rule scarce sect sense sensible sentiments Shakspeare short syllables simile sion slight sound spectator Spondees taste termed thee things thou thought tion tone tragedy uniformity variety verse words writers
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