Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II]., المجلد 2A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... impression . After establishing this maxim , we can be at no lofs about its application to the subject in hand . The following rule is laid down by Diomedes * . " In verbis observandum eft , ne a majoribus ad " minora defcendat oratio ...
... impression . After establishing this maxim , we can be at no lofs about its application to the subject in hand . The following rule is laid down by Diomedes * . " In verbis observandum eft , ne a majoribus ad " minora defcendat oratio ...
الصفحة 24
... impressions made by the thought and the words are diffimilar , the unnatural union they are forc'd into is disagreeable † . This concordance between the thought and the words has been observed by every critic , and is so well understood ...
... impressions made by the thought and the words are diffimilar , the unnatural union they are forc'd into is disagreeable † . This concordance between the thought and the words has been observed by every critic , and is so well understood ...
الصفحة 39
... impression . I illustrate this rule by giving examples of deviations from it . Honos alit artes , omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloriâ ; jacentque ea femper quæ apud quosque improbantur . Cicero , Tufcul . yr aft . l . 1 . Speaking of ...
... impression . I illustrate this rule by giving examples of deviations from it . Honos alit artes , omnesque incenduntur ad studia gloriâ ; jacentque ea femper quæ apud quosque improbantur . Cicero , Tufcul . yr aft . l . 1 . Speaking of ...
الصفحة 71
... impression . Hence , in directing our discourse to * To give force or elevation to a period , it ought to begin and end with a long syllable . For a long syllable makes naturally the strongest impression ; and of all the syllables in a ...
... impression . Hence , in directing our discourse to * To give force or elevation to a period , it ought to begin and end with a long syllable . For a long syllable makes naturally the strongest impression ; and of all the syllables in a ...
الصفحة 79
... long members in a period make an impression of gravity and im- portance . And the fame observation is applicable to periods . that ver , Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 79 case the mind is bewildered among a profusion of ...
... long members in a period make an impression of gravity and im- portance . And the fame observation is applicable to periods . that ver , Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 79 case the mind is bewildered among a profusion of ...
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الصفحة 186 - 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.
الصفحة 329 - 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...
الصفحة 236 - 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...
الصفحة 279 - 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?
الصفحة 236 - 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...
الصفحة 314 - 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.
الصفحة 237 - 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...
الصفحة 334 - 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...
الصفحة 434 - 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...
الصفحة 279 - 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...