Elements of Criticism, Volume 2John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 |
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Page 50
... abstract fubject , than would other- wife be my inclination . In nature , tho ' a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our conception of these , a material difference may be remarked . I ...
... abstract fubject , than would other- wife be my inclination . In nature , tho ' a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our conception of these , a material difference may be remarked . I ...
Page 186
... abstract terms can never be the subject of comparison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear compares adverfity to a toad , and flander to the bite of a crocodile ; but in fuch comparisons these abstract terms must be ...
... abstract terms can never be the subject of comparison , otherwise than by being perfonified . Shakespear compares adverfity to a toad , and flander to the bite of a crocodile ; but in fuch comparisons these abstract terms must be ...
Page 236
... Abstract and general terms , as well as particu- lar objects , are often neceffary in Poetry . Such terms however are not well adapted to poetry , because they fuggeft not any image : 1 can rea- dily form an image of Alexander or ...
... Abstract and general terms , as well as particu- lar objects , are often neceffary in Poetry . Such terms however are not well adapted to poetry , because they fuggeft not any image : 1 can rea- dily form an image of Alexander or ...
Page 325
... discoursing of words , to abstract altogether from the thought . The firft rule is , That in hiftory , the reflections ought to be chafte and folid ; for while the mind 1 is intent upon truth , it is little disposed to is 325 ...
... discoursing of words , to abstract altogether from the thought . The firft rule is , That in hiftory , the reflections ought to be chafte and folid ; for while the mind 1 is intent upon truth , it is little disposed to is 325 ...
Page 338
... abstract for the remembrance of fuch places , and goes to them by his note . There is no hiding you in the house . Merry Wives of Windsor , a £ t 4. fc . 3 . Congreve has an inimitable stroke of this kind in his comedy of Love for Love ...
... abstract for the remembrance of fuch places , and goes to them by his note . There is no hiding you in the house . Merry Wives of Windsor , a £ t 4. fc . 3 . Congreve has an inimitable stroke of this kind in his comedy of Love for Love ...
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