Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... epic poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be ...
... epic poem , or in any ele- vated subject , a writer ought to avoid rai- fing a fimile upon a low image , which ne- ver fails to bring down the principal subject . In general , it is a rule , that a grand object ought never to be ...
Page 42
... . Such false coin , or bastard wit , does extremely well in bur- lesque ; but is far below the dignity of the epic , or of any ferious compofition : The The noble fifter of Poplicola , The moon of Rome 42 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS . 1 ...
... . Such false coin , or bastard wit , does extremely well in bur- lesque ; but is far below the dignity of the epic , or of any ferious compofition : The The noble fifter of Poplicola , The moon of Rome 42 Ch . XIX . COMPARISONS . 1 ...
Page 170
... epic poetry ; and at no rate are they proper , till the reader be warmed , and by an enlivened imagination be prepared to relish them : in that state of mind , they are extremely a- greeable . But while we are sedate and at- tentive to ...
... epic poetry ; and at no rate are they proper , till the reader be warmed , and by an enlivened imagination be prepared to relish them : in that state of mind , they are extremely a- greeable . But while we are sedate and at- tentive to ...
Page 171
... epic poem ; giving for a reafson , that the writer ought to husband his fire . This reason has weight ; but what is said above suggests a reason still more weighty : Bold thoughts and figures are never relished till the mind be heated ...
... epic poem ; giving for a reafson , that the writer ought to husband his fire . This reason has weight ; but what is said above suggests a reason still more weighty : Bold thoughts and figures are never relished till the mind be heated ...
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... narra- tive in an epic poem ought to rival a picture in the liveliness and accuracy of its repre- sentations : * Part 1. sect . 6 . HOLSEG L'Ocean etonné de se voir traversé tant de fois en in 174 NARRATION AND Ch . XXI . Again ...
... narra- tive in an epic poem ought to rival a picture in the liveliness and accuracy of its repre- sentations : * Part 1. sect . 6 . HOLSEG L'Ocean etonné de se voir traversé tant de fois en in 174 NARRATION AND Ch . XXI . Again ...
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abſtract action Æneid agreeable alſo appears artiſt beauty becauſe beſt betwixt cauſe chap circumſtance cloſe compariſon compoſition confidered courſe deſcribed deſcription diftinguiſhed diſagreeable diſpoſed effect emotions employ'd epic epic poetry expreffion expreſſed expreſſion fame figure of ſpeech fimile firſt fome fuch garden hath houſe Iliad imagination impreffion impreſſion inſtances itſelf ject laſt leſs metaphor mind moſt muſt nature neceſſary obfcure objects obſerved occafion ornament paffion Paradise Lost paſſage paſſion pauſe perſon perſonification pleaſe pleaſure poem preſent principle proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reaſon regularity reliſhed repreſentation repreſented reſemblance reſpect Richard II ſame ſay ſcarce ſcene ſecond ſeen ſenſe ſenſible ſeparately ſeveral ſhall ſhore ſhort ſhould ſhow ſingle ſmall ſome ſpeaking ſpecies ſpectator ſtage ſtandard ſtate ſtep ſtill ſtory ſtrike ſtudied ſubject ſuch ſuggeſts ſuppoſe ſweet ſwells taſte theſe thing thoſe thou tion tragedy uſe whoſe words
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Page 178 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
Page 15 - Like night, and darken'd all the land of Nile: So numberless were those bad Angels seen Hovering on wing under the cope of Hell, Twixt upper, nether, and surrounding fires...
Page 211 - I'll give my jewels for a set of beads, My gorgeous palace for a hermitage, My gay apparel for an almsman's gown, My...
Page 67 - 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...
Page 12 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Page 17 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 199 - Should I turn upon the true prince ? Why, thou knowest, I am as valiant as Hercules: but beware instinct; the lion will not touch the true prince. Instinct is a great matter ; I was a coward on instinct.
Page 18 - And higher than that wall a circling row Of goodliest trees, loaden with fairest fruit, Blossoms and fruits at once...
Page 62 - First in his east the glorious lamp was seen, Regent of day, and all th' horizon round Invested with bright rays, jocund to run His longitude through heav'n's high road; the gray Dawn and the Pleiades before him danc'd, Shedding sweet influence...
Page 55 - O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers; Thou art the ruins of the noblest man That ever lived in the tide of times.