Elements of Criticism, Volume 3A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Page 67
... fcene To monarchize , be fear'd , and kill with looks ; Infufing him with self and vain conceit , As if his flesh , which walls about our life , Were brafs impregnable ; and humour'd thus , Comes at the laft , and with a little pin ...
... fcene To monarchize , be fear'd , and kill with looks ; Infufing him with self and vain conceit , As if his flesh , which walls about our life , Were brafs impregnable ; and humour'd thus , Comes at the laft , and with a little pin ...
Page 250
... fcene in the fixth book of the Iliad is of the fame nature : by Hector's retiring from the field of battle to vifit his 震 9 1 wife , wife , the Grecians got liberty to breathe , and 250 EPIC AND DRAMATIC Ch . XXII .
... fcene in the fixth book of the Iliad is of the fame nature : by Hector's retiring from the field of battle to vifit his 震 9 1 wife , wife , the Grecians got liberty to breathe , and 250 EPIC AND DRAMATIC Ch . XXII .
Page 255
... fcene be not more horrible , than if the deed had been committed in fight of the fpectators upon a fudden guft of paffion . According to the foregoing reafoning of the French critics , there is nothing to exclude from the ftage a duel ...
... fcene be not more horrible , than if the deed had been committed in fight of the fpectators upon a fudden guft of paffion . According to the foregoing reafoning of the French critics , there is nothing to exclude from the ftage a duel ...
Page 257
... fpecimen in the first scene of the first part of the Conquest of Gra- nada . In the fecond part of the fame tragedy , VOL . III . fcene 1 K k scene second , the King , Abenamar , and Zulema Ch . XXII COMPOSITIONS.`` 257.
... fpecimen in the first scene of the first part of the Conquest of Gra- nada . In the fecond part of the fame tragedy , VOL . III . fcene 1 K k scene second , the King , Abenamar , and Zulema Ch . XXII COMPOSITIONS.`` 257.
Page 266
... fcene , which may be termed barren , ought not to be indulged , because it breaks the u- nity of action . A barren fcene can never be intitled to a place , because the chain is complete without it . In the Old Bachelor , the 3d fcene of ...
... fcene , which may be termed barren , ought not to be indulged , because it breaks the u- nity of action . A barren fcene can never be intitled to a place , because the chain is complete without it . In the Old Bachelor , the 3d fcene of ...
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