Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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... lively , as that the disagreeableness of the fubject fhall not even obfcure the agreeablenefs of the defcription . The causes of the original beauty of language confidered as fignificant , which is a branch of the prefent fubject , will ...
... lively , as that the disagreeableness of the fubject fhall not even obfcure the agreeablenefs of the defcription . The causes of the original beauty of language confidered as fignificant , which is a branch of the prefent fubject , will ...
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... lively im- preffions than can be made by a continued found . A period of which the members are connected by copu- latives , produceth an effect upon the mind approaching to that of a continued found ; and therefore the fup- preffing of ...
... lively im- preffions than can be made by a continued found . A period of which the members are connected by copu- latives , produceth an effect upon the mind approaching to that of a continued found ; and therefore the fup- preffing of ...
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... lively impudent clown , and has wit enough to have made him a pleafant companion , had it been polished and rectified by good manners . Guardian , No 162 . It is the cuftoin of the Mahometans , if they fee any printed or written paper ...
... lively impudent clown , and has wit enough to have made him a pleafant companion , had it been polished and rectified by good manners . Guardian , No 162 . It is the cuftoin of the Mahometans , if they fee any printed or written paper ...
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... lively and familiar : a long period , requiring more attention , makes an impreffion grave and folemn * . In general , a writer ought to ftudy a mixture of long and fhort periods , which prevent an irksome uniformi- ty , and entertain ...
... lively and familiar : a long period , requiring more attention , makes an impreffion grave and folemn * . In general , a writer ought to ftudy a mixture of long and fhort periods , which prevent an irksome uniformi- ty , and entertain ...
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... lively , the English fedate and referved : and this , if it hold , is a pregnant intance of a refemblance between the character of a people and that of their language . 4 and the elevation of the accent is gone in a 95 Ch . XVIII ...
... lively , the English fedate and referved : and this , if it hold , is a pregnant intance of a refemblance between the character of a people and that of their language . 4 and the elevation of the accent is gone in a 95 Ch . XVIII ...
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Էջ 202 - 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 193 - 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 145 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Էջ 223 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Էջ 144 - 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 144 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
Էջ 169 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?
Էջ 144 - 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 206 - 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 171 - 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...