Elements of Criticism, المجلد 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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الصفحة 36
... poem , or in any ele- vated fubject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to ...
... poem , or in any ele- vated fubject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be refembled to ...
الصفحة 81
... poets are not eafily reftrained from making this phantom of their own creating behave and act in every respect as if it were really a fenfible VOL III . L being . being . By fuch licence we lofe fight of the Sect . I. 81 FIGURES ...
... poets are not eafily reftrained from making this phantom of their own creating behave and act in every respect as if it were really a fenfible VOL III . L being . being . By fuch licence we lofe fight of the Sect . I. 81 FIGURES ...
الصفحة 84
... poets ; early indeed , before matu- rity of tafte or judgement . Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving fong . Pope's Paftorals , past . 4. l . 13 . This author , in riper years , is guilty ...
... poets ; early indeed , before matu- rity of tafte or judgement . Thames heard the numbers as he flow'd along , And bade his willows learn the moving fong . Pope's Paftorals , past . 4. l . 13 . This author , in riper years , is guilty ...
الصفحة 98
... poem . Up rose the fun , and up rofe Emelie , i SE C T. T. IV . The means or inftrument conceived to be the agent . IN N viewing a group of things , we have obviously a natural tendency to bestow all poffible perfection upon that ...
... poem . Up rose the fun , and up rofe Emelie , i SE C T. T. IV . The means or inftrument conceived to be the agent . IN N viewing a group of things , we have obviously a natural tendency to bestow all poffible perfection upon that ...
الصفحة 101
... poets a privilege to alter the nature of things , and at pleasure to bestow attributes upon sub- jects to which thefe attributes do not be- long ? It is an evident truth , which we have had often occafion to inculcate , that the mind ...
... poets a privilege to alter the nature of things , and at pleasure to bestow attributes upon sub- jects to which thefe attributes do not be- long ? It is an evident truth , which we have had often occafion to inculcate , that the mind ...
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الصفحة 178 - 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 15 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell, Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires...
الصفحة 211 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My...
الصفحة 67 - 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 12 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
الصفحة 17 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
الصفحة 199 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
الصفحة 18 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once...
الصفحة 62 - First in his east the glorious lamp was seen, Regent of day, and all th' horizon round Invested with bright rays, jocund to run His longitude through heav'n's high road; the gray Dawn and the Pleiades before him danc'd, Shedding sweet influence...
الصفحة 55 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.