An Abridgment of Elements of CriticismHaswell, Barrington & Haswell, 1839 - 300 pages |
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Page 158
... reason rhyme is perfectly well adapted to gay , light , and airy subjects . For that reason , such frequent rhymes are very im proper for any severe or serious passion : the disse nance between the subject and the melody is very sen ...
... reason rhyme is perfectly well adapted to gay , light , and airy subjects . For that reason , such frequent rhymes are very im proper for any severe or serious passion : the disse nance between the subject and the melody is very sen ...
Page 198
... reason is , that a minute object contracts the mind , and fetters the power of imagination ; but that the mind , dilated and inflamed with a grand object , moulds objects for its gratification with great facility . Longinus , with ...
... reason is , that a minute object contracts the mind , and fetters the power of imagination ; but that the mind , dilated and inflamed with a grand object , moulds objects for its gratification with great facility . Longinus , with ...
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... reason . I begin with a preliminary remark , That this matter is but indistinctly handled by critics ; the poetical privilege of animating insensible objects for enlivening a description , is very different from what is termed machinery ...
... reason . I begin with a preliminary remark , That this matter is but indistinctly handled by critics ; the poetical privilege of animating insensible objects for enlivening a description , is very different from what is termed machinery ...
Contents
Association of Ideas | 11 |
Emotions and Passions as pleasant and painful | 31 |
Resemblance of Emotions to their causes | 45 |
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