Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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113. oldal
... epic poem in any other verfe would not fucceed * . One defect however must not be diffembled , that the fame means which contribute to the richness of the me- lody , render it lefs fit than feveral other forts for a narrative poem ...
... epic poem in any other verfe would not fucceed * . One defect however must not be diffembled , that the fame means which contribute to the richness of the me- lody , render it lefs fit than feveral other forts for a narrative poem ...
173. oldal
... rhyme to be an unfit drefs for grand and lofty images ; it has one advantage however , which is , to raise a low fubject ... epic poem tion ; and tion ; Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 173 high pitch; when fuch elevation, with all the ...
... rhyme to be an unfit drefs for grand and lofty images ; it has one advantage however , which is , to raise a low fubject ... epic poem tion ; and tion ; Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 173 high pitch; when fuch elevation, with all the ...
174. oldal
... epic poem tion ; and in that language . The chearing and enlivening power of rhyme , is still more remarkable in poems of fhort lines , where the rhymes return upon the ear in a quick fucceffion ; and for that reafon , rhyme is per ...
... epic poem tion ; and in that language . The chearing and enlivening power of rhyme , is still more remarkable in poems of fhort lines , where the rhymes return upon the ear in a quick fucceffion ; and for that reafon , rhyme is per ...
211. oldal
... epic poem , or in any elevated fubject , a writer ought to avoid raising a fimile upon a low image , which never fails to bring down the prin- cipal fubject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be resembled ...
... epic poem , or in any elevated fubject , a writer ought to avoid raising a fimile upon a low image , which never fails to bring down the prin- cipal fubject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be resembled ...
323. oldal
... epic poetry ; and at no rate are they proper , till the reader be warmed , and by an enlivened imagination be ... poem ; giving for a reafon , That the writer ought to hufband his fire . This reafon has weight ; but what is faid above ...
... epic poetry ; and at no rate are they proper , till the reader be warmed , and by an enlivened imagination be ... poem ; giving for a reafon , That the writer ought to hufband his fire . This reafon has weight ; but what is faid above ...
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184. oldal - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
327. oldal - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
234. oldal - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
277. oldal - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
234. oldal - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
312. oldal - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
235. oldal - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
332. oldal - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
432. oldal - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
277. oldal - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...