An Abridgment of Elements of CriticismTowar, J. & D.M. Hogan, 1831 - 300 էջ |
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... rhymes come under the definition of wit given in the beginning of this chapter : they are ludicrous , and their singularity occasions some degree of surprise . Swift is no less successful than Butler in this sort of wit : witness the ...
... rhymes come under the definition of wit given in the beginning of this chapter : they are ludicrous , and their singularity occasions some degree of surprise . Swift is no less successful than Butler in this sort of wit : witness the ...
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... rhyme . But he had no pattern , in his own or in any living language , of dialogue fitted for the theatre . At the same time , the stream clears in its progress , and in his latter plays he has attained the purity and perfection of ...
... rhyme . But he had no pattern , in his own or in any living language , of dialogue fitted for the theatre . At the same time , the stream clears in its progress , and in his latter plays he has attained the purity and perfection of ...
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... rhyme , or metre , and one blank verse . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by similarity of sound in the final syllables , and two lines so connected are termed a couplet : similarity of sound being avoided in the ...
... rhyme , or metre , and one blank verse . In the former , the lines are connected two and two by similarity of sound in the final syllables , and two lines so connected are termed a couplet : similarity of sound being avoided in the ...
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... rhyme , that its peculiarities may be brought within a narrow compass . With respect to form , it differs from rhyme in rejecting the jingle of similar sounds , which purifies it from a childish pleasure . The peculiar advantage of ...
... rhyme , that its peculiarities may be brought within a narrow compass . With respect to form , it differs from rhyme in rejecting the jingle of similar sounds , which purifies it from a childish pleasure . The peculiar advantage of ...
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... rhyme within nar- row bounds : a thought of any extent , cannot be re- duced within its compass ; the sense must be curtailed and broken into parts , to make it square with the curtness of the melody ; and beside , short periods af ...
... rhyme within nar- row bounds : a thought of any extent , cannot be re- duced within its compass ; the sense must be curtailed and broken into parts , to make it square with the curtness of the melody ; and beside , short periods af ...
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Էջ 183 - The moon shines bright : — In such a night as this, When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees, And they did make no noise ; in such a night, Troilus, methinks, mounted the Trojan walls, And sigh'd his soul toward the Grecian tents, Where Cressid lay that night.
Էջ 54 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Էջ 58 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Էջ 71 - It must not be : if Cassio do remain, ' He hath a daily beauty in his life, That makes me ugly ; and, besides, the Moor May unfold me to him ; there stand I in much peril : No, he must die : — But so, I hear him coming.
Էջ 230 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Էջ 202 - Thou preparedst room before it, and didst cause it to take deep root, and it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Էջ 229 - But whate'er you are That in this desert inaccessible, Under the shade of melancholy boughs, Lose and neglect the creeping hours of time ; If ever you have look'd on better days, If ever been where bells have knoll'd to church, If ever sat at any good man's feast, If ever from your eyelids wiped a tear And know what 'tis to pity and be pitied, Let gentleness my strong enforcement be : In the which hope I blush, and hide my sword.
Էջ 56 - tis to cast one's eyes so low ! The crows, and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles. Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire ; dreadful trade ! Methinks he seems no bigger than his head. The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice ; and yon' tall, anchoring bark, Diminished to her cock ; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight.
Էջ 234 - The other shape, If shape it might be call'd, that shape had none Distinguishable in member, joint, or limb, Or substance might be call'd that shadow seem'd, For each seem'd either ; black it stood as night, Fierce as ten furies, terrible as hell, And shook a dreadful dart ; what seem'd his head The likeness of a kingly crown had on.
Էջ 220 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day with patient expectation To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...