Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... common- ly called long and short fyllables , have little me- lody in them ; witness the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness : on the other hand , the in- termixture of long and fhort fyllables is remark- ably agreeable ; for ...
... common- ly called long and short fyllables , have little me- lody in them ; witness the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness : on the other hand , the in- termixture of long and fhort fyllables is remark- ably agreeable ; for ...
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... common ftandard to which we can appeal . The cafe is precisely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity , liberty in words and actions , form the character of one people ; politeness , referve , and a total ...
... common ftandard to which we can appeal . The cafe is precisely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity , liberty in words and actions , form the character of one people ; politeness , referve , and a total ...
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... common speech is generally fuppreffed , and the confonant added to the foregoing fyllable ; and hence the following rugged founds , drudg'd , difturb'd , rebuk'd , fledg'd . It is ftill lefs excu- fable to follow this practice in ...
... common speech is generally fuppreffed , and the confonant added to the foregoing fyllable ; and hence the following rugged founds , drudg'd , difturb'd , rebuk'd , fledg'd . It is ftill lefs excu- fable to follow this practice in ...
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... common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general obfer- vations upon the appearance that a number of ob- jects make when placed in an increasing or de- creafing feries ; which appearance will be very different , accordingly as ...
... common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general obfer- vations upon the appearance that a number of ob- jects make when placed in an increasing or de- creafing feries ; which appearance will be very different , accordingly as ...
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... common practice ; and yet writers are guilty of it in fome degree , when they conjoin by a copulative things tranfact- ed at different periods of time . Hence a want of neatness in the following expreffion . The nobility too , whom the ...
... common practice ; and yet writers are guilty of it in fome degree , when they conjoin by a copulative things tranfact- ed at different periods of time . Hence a want of neatness in the following expreffion . The nobility too , whom the ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear arts beauty becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus diſtinguiſhed emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparate fhall fhort fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fupport fyllables garden greateſt hath Hexameter hiftory himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances itſelf jects language laſt leaſt lefs meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſical muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reprefented repreſentation reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhort Spondees ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion uſe vafes verfe verſe words
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Էջ 184 - 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.
Էջ 327 - 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...
Էջ 234 - 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...
Էջ 277 - 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?
Էջ 234 - 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...
Էջ 312 - 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.
Էջ 235 - 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...
Էջ 332 - 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...
Էջ 432 - 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...
Էջ 277 - 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...