Elements of Criticism, Volumen1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... extremely clear , which admits not variety of opinion ; and in fome matters susceptible of great refinement , time is perhaps the only infallible touchstone of taste to that he appeals , and to that he chearfully fubmits . N. B. THE ...
... extremely clear , which admits not variety of opinion ; and in fome matters susceptible of great refinement , time is perhaps the only infallible touchstone of taste to that he appeals , and to that he chearfully fubmits . N. B. THE ...
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... extremely pleafing : the pleasure here exceeds what arifes from following the course of nature ; and it is that pleasure which regulates our train of thought in the cafe now mentioned , and in others that are fimilar . Thefe ...
... extremely pleafing : the pleasure here exceeds what arifes from following the course of nature ; and it is that pleasure which regulates our train of thought in the cafe now mentioned , and in others that are fimilar . Thefe ...
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... extremely fenfible of the disgust men ge- nerally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it altogether , if it could be done in a work that profeffes to draw the rules of criticifm from human nature , their true fource . We ...
... extremely fenfible of the disgust men ge- nerally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it altogether , if it could be done in a work that profeffes to draw the rules of criticifm from human nature , their true fource . We ...
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... extremely beautiful . The ft , 2d , 3d , 4th , 11th , 24th , 27th odes of the 3d book , lie open all of them to the fame cenfure . The first fatire , book 1. is fo deformed by want of connection , as upon the whole to be scarce ...
... extremely beautiful . The ft , 2d , 3d , 4th , 11th , 24th , 27th odes of the 3d book , lie open all of them to the fame cenfure . The first fatire , book 1. is fo deformed by want of connection , as upon the whole to be scarce ...
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... extremely beautiful , were not more hap- pily introduced . I muft obferve at the fame . time , that full justice is done to this incident , by confidering it to be an epifode ; for if it be a constituent part of the principal action ...
... extremely beautiful , were not more hap- pily introduced . I muft obferve at the fame . time , that full justice is done to this incident , by confidering it to be an epifode ; for if it be a constituent part of the principal action ...
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Página 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?
Página 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,
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 136 - Out upon her ! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Página 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!