Elements of Criticism, Volumen1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... Ridicule , 13. Wit , 14. Cuftom and Habit , Pag . 305 325 333 352 366 381 400 15. External Signs of Emotions and Paffions , 426 16. Sentiments , 17. Language of Paffion , VOLUME II . 18. Beauty of Language , Sect . 1. Beauty of Language ...
... Ridicule , 13. Wit , 14. Cuftom and Habit , Pag . 305 325 333 352 366 381 400 15. External Signs of Emotions and Paffions , 426 16. Sentiments , 17. Language of Paffion , VOLUME II . 18. Beauty of Language , Sect . 1. Beauty of Language ...
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... Ridicule , which chiefly arifes from pride , a felfish paffion , is at best but a grofs pleasure : a people , it is true , must have emerged out of bar- barity before they can have a tafte for ridicule ; but it is too rough an ...
... Ridicule , which chiefly arifes from pride , a felfish paffion , is at best but a grofs pleasure : a people , it is true , must have emerged out of bar- barity before they can have a tafte for ridicule ; but it is too rough an ...
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... ridicule . The pain a ridi- culous object gives me is refented and punished by a laugh of derifion . A rifible object , on the other hand , gives me no pain : it is altogether pleasant by a certain fort of titillation , which is ...
... ridicule . The pain a ridi- culous object gives me is refented and punished by a laugh of derifion . A rifible object , on the other hand , gives me no pain : it is altogether pleasant by a certain fort of titillation , which is ...
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... ridicules fuch difpofition to fimile - making , by putting in the mouth of a weak man a resemblance much of a piece with that now mentioned . : Fluellen . I think it is in Macedon where Alexander is porn : I tell you , Captain , if you ...
... ridicules fuch difpofition to fimile - making , by putting in the mouth of a weak man a resemblance much of a piece with that now mentioned . : Fluellen . I think it is in Macedon where Alexander is porn : I tell you , Captain , if you ...
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... ridicule make not an agreeable mix- ture with grandeur . Diffimilar emotions have a fine effect in a flow fucceffion ; but in a rapid fucceffion , which approaches to coexistence , they will not be relished in the midst of a la- boured ...
... ridicule make not an agreeable mix- ture with grandeur . Diffimilar emotions have a fine effect in a flow fucceffion ; but in a rapid fucceffion , which approaches to coexistence , they will not be relished in the midst of a la- boured ...
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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!