Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... elevation : looking down becomes then only painful when the object is fo far below as to create dizziness ; and even when that is the cafe , we feel a fort of pleasure mixt with the pain , witnefs Shake- fpear's defcription of Dover ...
... elevation : looking down becomes then only painful when the object is fo far below as to create dizziness ; and even when that is the cafe , we feel a fort of pleasure mixt with the pain , witnefs Shake- fpear's defcription of Dover ...
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... elevation , is called by the fame name : thus generofity is faid to be an elevated emotion , as well as great courage ; and that firmnefs of foul which is fuperior to misfor- tunes , obtains the peculiar name of magnanimi- ty . On the ...
... elevation , is called by the fame name : thus generofity is faid to be an elevated emotion , as well as great courage ; and that firmnefs of foul which is fuperior to misfor- tunes , obtains the peculiar name of magnanimi- ty . On the ...
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... Elevation in its proper sense , imports fuperiority of place ; and lowness , inferiority of place and hence a man of superior talents , of fuperior rank , of in- ferior parts , of inferior tafte , and fuch like . The veneration we have ...
... Elevation in its proper sense , imports fuperiority of place ; and lowness , inferiority of place and hence a man of superior talents , of fuperior rank , of in- ferior parts , of inferior tafte , and fuch like . The veneration we have ...
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... elevation . Every one must have obferved the delightful effect of a number of thoughts or fentiments , artfully difpofed like an afcending feries , and making impreffions deep- er and deeper fuch difpofition of members in a period , is ...
... elevation . Every one must have obferved the delightful effect of a number of thoughts or fentiments , artfully difpofed like an afcending feries , and making impreffions deep- er and deeper fuch difpofition of members in a period , is ...
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... elevation leffens in appearance the ob- ject , till it vanish out of fight with its pleasant e- motion . The fame is equally remarkable in fi gurative grandeur and elevation , which fhall be handled together , because , as obferved ...
... elevation leffens in appearance the ob- ject , till it vanish out of fight with its pleasant e- motion . The fame is equally remarkable in fi gurative grandeur and elevation , which fhall be handled together , because , as obferved ...
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Página 272 - O, who can hold a fire in his hand, By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite, By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 496 - Grief fills the room up of my absent child, Lies in his bed, walks up and down with me, Puts on his pretty looks, repeats his words, Remembers me of all his gracious parts, Stuffs out his vacant garments with his form; Then, have I reason to be fond of grief ? Fare you well: had you such a loss as I, I could give better comfort than you do.
Página 146 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Página 66 - If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. You all do know this mantle: I remember The first time ever Caesar put it on ; 'Twas on a summer's evening, in his tent; That day he overcame the Nervii : — Look ! in this place, ran Cassius...
Página 269 - But, I remember, when the fight was done, When I was dry with rage, and extreme toil, Breathless and faint, leaning upon my sword, Came there a certain lord, neat, trimly...
Página 492 - Can honour set to a leg? No. Or an arm? No. Or take away the grief of a wound ? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour? What is that honour? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it? He that died o
Página 377 - Hampton takes its name. Here Britain's statesmen oft the fall foredoom Of foreign tyrants and of nymphs at home; Here thou, great Anna! whom three realms obey, Dost sometimes counsel take— and sometimes tea. Hither the heroes and the nymphs resort, To taste awhile the pleasures of a court; In various talk th...
Página 146 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
Página 126 - Out upon her ! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was my turquoise ; I had it of Leah, when I was a bachelor. I would not have given it for a wilderness of monkeys.
Página 66 - O, now you weep; and, I perceive, you feel The dint of pity : these are gracious drops. Kind souls, what ! weep you, when you but behold Our Caesar's vesture wounded ? Look you here, Here is himself, marr'd, as you see, with traitors.