Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 - Criticism |
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... Circumstances in a period resemble fmall flones in a building , employ'd to fill up vacuities among thofe of a larger fize . In the arrangement of a period , fuch under - parts crowded together make a poor figure ; and never are ...
... Circumstances in a period resemble fmall flones in a building , employ'd to fill up vacuities among thofe of a larger fize . In the arrangement of a period , fuch under - parts crowded together make a poor figure ; and never are ...
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... circumstances is totally annihilated : witnefs the following line of Ennius , which is plain profe :. Romæ mania terruit impiger | Hannibal armis . Hitherto the arrangement of the long and fhort fylla- bles of an Hexameter line and its ...
... circumstances is totally annihilated : witnefs the following line of Ennius , which is plain profe :. Romæ mania terruit impiger | Hannibal armis . Hitherto the arrangement of the long and fhort fylla- bles of an Hexameter line and its ...
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... circumstances above handled . By a good ear it will be difcerned , that in every line there is one fyllable diftinguishable from the reft by a capital ac- cent that fyllable making the 7th portion , is invariably long ; and in point of ...
... circumstances above handled . By a good ear it will be difcerned , that in every line there is one fyllable diftinguishable from the reft by a capital ac- cent that fyllable making the 7th portion , is invariably long ; and in point of ...
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... circumstance extremely delightful ; and it was natural to give the natal foil a temporary life , in order fympathife with the travelier . See an example , A- gamemnon gamemnon of Æfchilus , act 3. in the beginning . 148 FIGURE 5 .
... circumstance extremely delightful ; and it was natural to give the natal foil a temporary life , in order fympathife with the travelier . See an example , A- gamemnon gamemnon of Æfchilus , act 3. in the beginning . 148 FIGURE 5 .
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... circumstances they are out of place . I begin with rules of the first kind ; fome of which coincide with thofe already given with refpect to fimiles ; fome are pe- culiar to metaphors and allegories . And , in the first place , it has ...
... circumstances they are out of place . I begin with rules of the first kind ; fome of which coincide with thofe already given with refpect to fimiles ; fome are pe- culiar to metaphors and allegories . And , in the first place , it has ...
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Page 202 - 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...
Page 193 - 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.
Page 145 - With deafning clamours in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly," death itself awakes ? Can'st thou, O partial sleep ! give thy repose To the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude ; And in the calmest and most stillest night, With all appliances and means to boot, Deny it to a king? Then, happy low, lie down ! Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.
Page 223 - A dungeon horrible, on all sides round, As one great furnace flamed; yet from those flames No light; but rather darkness visible Served only to discover sights of woe, Regions of sorrow, doleful shades, where peace And rest can never dwell, hope never comes That comes to all, but torture without end Still urges, and a fiery deluge, fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed.
Page 144 - 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...
Page 144 - And hush'd with buzzing night-flies to thy slumber, Than in the perfum'd chambers of the great, Under the canopies of costly state, And lull'd with sounds of sweetest melody?
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Page 206 - 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...
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