Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... inti- mate , demands the utmost degree of con- gruity . For that reason , the slightest devia- tion is difguftful . Every one must be sen- fible tion CONGRUITY Ch . X. ry little congruity; and lefs ftill at a public ...
... inti- mate , demands the utmost degree of con- gruity . For that reason , the slightest devia- tion is difguftful . Every one must be sen- fible tion CONGRUITY Ch . X. ry little congruity; and lefs ftill at a public ...
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... reason , cou- rage and generofity are in higher regard than the other virtues mentioned . We de- scribe them as grand and elevated , as of greater dignity , and more praise - worthy . This leads us to examine more directly emotions and ...
... reason , cou- rage and generofity are in higher regard than the other virtues mentioned . We de- scribe them as grand and elevated , as of greater dignity , and more praise - worthy . This leads us to examine more directly emotions and ...
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... images are formed with labour or difficulty . For these reasons , I cannot avoid condemning the Batrachomuo- machia faid to be the compofition of Homer . It machia 42 Ch . XII . RIDICULE . all along a grave face, and never once be- ...
... images are formed with labour or difficulty . For these reasons , I cannot avoid condemning the Batrachomuo- machia faid to be the compofition of Homer . It machia 42 Ch . XII . RIDICULE . all along a grave face, and never once be- ...
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... reason . We had beft leave Nature to her own oŽ perations . The most valuable talents may be abused , and fo may that of ridicule . Let us bring it under proper culture if we can , without endeavouring to pull it up by the root . Were ...
... reason . We had beft leave Nature to her own oŽ perations . The most valuable talents may be abused , and fo may that of ridicule . Let us bring it under proper culture if we can , without endeavouring to pull it up by the root . Were ...
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... reasons are affigned above , why the causes of intense pleasure become not readi- ly habitual . But now I must observe , that thefe reafons conclude only againft fpecific habits . With regard to any particular ob- ject that is the cause ...
... reasons are affigned above , why the causes of intense pleasure become not readi- ly habitual . But now I must observe , that thefe reafons conclude only againft fpecific habits . With regard to any particular ob- ject that is the cause ...
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Page 103 - Of every hearer; for it so falls out, That what we have we prize not to the worth, Whiles we enjoy it; but being lack'd and lost, Why, then we rack the value; then we find The virtue, that possession would not show us, Whiles it was ours...
Page 228 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Page 220 - 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 223 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on ? how then ? Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Page 213 - So, oft it chances in particular men, That for some vicious mole of nature in them, As, in their birth,— wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin,— By the o'ergrowth of some complexion...
Page 74 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Page 213 - Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much o'er-leavens The form of plausive manners ; that these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being nature's livery, or fortune's star, Their virtues else, be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo, Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault : the dram of eale Doth all the noble substance of a doubt To his own scandal.
Page 428 - ... to none, to all she smiles extends; Oft she rejects, but never once offends. Bright as the sun, her eyes the gazers strike, And, like the sun, they shine on all alike. Yet graceful ease, and sweetness void of pride, Might hide her faults, if belles had faults to hide : If to her share some female errors fall, Look on her face, and you'll forget 'em all.
Page 219 - 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!
Page 69 - Kiss, Not Tyrants fierce that unrepenting die, Not Cynthia when her Manteau's pinn'd awry, E'er felt such Rage, Resentment, and Despair, As Thou, sad Virgin ! for thy ravish'd Hair. For, that sad moment, when the Sylphs withdrew, And Ariel weeping from BELINDA flew, Umbriel...