Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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... Theopompus is ce- lebrated for the force of his diction ; but erroneously : his fubject indeed has great force , but his ftyle very little . a resemblance between found and fignification . The beauties of 4 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
... Theopompus is ce- lebrated for the force of his diction ; but erroneously : his fubject indeed has great force , but his ftyle very little . a resemblance between found and fignification . The beauties of 4 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
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Lord Henry Home Kames. a resemblance between found and fignification . The beauties of verfe are handled in the laft fection : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many peculiar ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. a resemblance between found and fignification . The beauties of verfe are handled in the laft fection : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many peculiar ...
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... resemble not minifters great nor fmall , the proper word is writers or authors . If men of eminence are exposed to cenfure on the one hand , they are as much liable to flattery on the other . If they receive reproaches which are not due ...
... resemble not minifters great nor fmall , the proper word is writers or authors . If men of eminence are exposed to cenfure on the one hand , they are as much liable to flattery on the other . If they receive reproaches which are not due ...
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... faulty in a different refpect , that there i no resemblance between the members of the expreffion , though they import a fimile . VOL . II . B The The present head , which relates to the choice of Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 27.
... faulty in a different refpect , that there i no resemblance between the members of the expreffion , though they import a fimile . VOL . II . B The The present head , which relates to the choice of Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 27.
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... resemblance merely of the final fyllables . Latin indeed has evidently the advantage when the adjective and fubftantive happen to be connected by contiguity , as well as by refemblance of the final fyllables . be connected , as caufe ...
... resemblance merely of the final fyllables . Latin indeed has evidently the advantage when the adjective and fubftantive happen to be connected by contiguity , as well as by refemblance of the final fyllables . be connected , as caufe ...
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Seite 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...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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?
Seite 169 - O navis, referent in mare te novi fluctus ! o quid agis ? fortiter occupa portum ! nonne vides ut nudum remigio latus et malus celeri saucius Africo 5 antennaeque gemant ac sine funibus vix durare carinae possint imperiosius aequor?
Seite 144 - 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 171 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...