Elements of Criticism, Volume 1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... kind , has , in the prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether un- fuccefsful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be poffeffed of the thought before he ...
... kind , has , in the prefent edition , renewed his efforts to correct every defect ; and he would gladly hope that he has not been altogether un- fuccefsful . The truth is , that a writer , who must be poffeffed of the thought before he ...
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... kind with those which regulate our conduct . Mathematical and metaphyfical reasonings have no tendency to improve our knowledge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life : but a just taste of the fine arts , derived ...
... kind with those which regulate our conduct . Mathematical and metaphyfical reasonings have no tendency to improve our knowledge of man ; nor are they applicable to the common affairs of life : but a just taste of the fine arts , derived ...
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... kind , rea- dily occur to thofe only who make every rela- tion equally welcome . Wit , upon that account , is in a good meafure incompatible with folid judgment ; which , neglecting trivial relations , adheres to what are fubftantial ...
... kind , rea- dily occur to thofe only who make every rela- tion equally welcome . Wit , upon that account , is in a good meafure incompatible with folid judgment ; which , neglecting trivial relations , adheres to what are fubftantial ...
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... kind is relished . This however ought not to be imitated in def- cription words are fo far fhort of the eye in liveliness of impreffion , that in a defcription con- nection ought to be carefully studied ; for new objects introduced in ...
... kind is relished . This however ought not to be imitated in def- cription words are fo far fhort of the eye in liveliness of impreffion , that in a defcription con- nection ought to be carefully studied ; for new objects introduced in ...
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... kind with what we felt when eye - witneffes . In a word , an agreeable or difagreeable object recalled to the mind in idea , is the occafion of a pleasant or painful emotion , of the fame kind with that produced when the object was pre ...
... kind with what we felt when eye - witneffes . In a word , an agreeable or difagreeable object recalled to the mind in idea , is the occafion of a pleasant or painful emotion , of the fame kind with that produced when the object was pre ...
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Page 287 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast?
Page 157 - I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Page 156 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 283 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Page 162 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Page 74 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. O, now you weep ; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.
Page 510 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Page 221 - 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...
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Page 161 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!