Elements of Criticism, Volume 1J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... must acquire a clear perception of what objects are lofty , what low , what proper or improper , what manly , and what mean or trivial . Hence a foundation for reasoning upon the taste of any individual , and for paffing fentence upon ...
... must acquire a clear perception of what objects are lofty , what low , what proper or improper , what manly , and what mean or trivial . Hence a foundation for reasoning upon the taste of any individual , and for paffing fentence upon ...
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... must be highly disgustful : if , in any instance , the over- bearing power of paffion fway him from his du- ty , he returns to it with redoubled resolution never to be swayed a fecond time : he has now an additional motive to virtue , a ...
... must be highly disgustful : if , in any instance , the over- bearing power of paffion fway him from his du- ty , he returns to it with redoubled resolution never to be swayed a fecond time : he has now an additional motive to virtue , a ...
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... must be natural , because it governs all human beings . The law , however , feems not to be inviolable : it fome- times happens that an idea arifes in the mind , without without any perceived connection ; as , for ex- ample 18 Ch . I ...
... must be natural , because it governs all human beings . The law , however , feems not to be inviolable : it fome- times happens that an idea arifes in the mind , without without any perceived connection ; as , for ex- ample 18 Ch . I ...
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... a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be in- different in what order they be furveyed .. But , in things of unequal rank , our tendency is , to . view the principal fubject before we defcend to its view 22 Ch . I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
... a fold , or trees in a wood , it must be in- different in what order they be furveyed .. But , in things of unequal rank , our tendency is , to . view the principal fubject before we defcend to its view 22 Ch . I. PERCEPTIONS AND IDEAS.
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... must be de- lightful and hence the fingular beauty of smoke \ ascending in a calm morning . I am extremely fenfible of the disgust men ge- nerally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it altogether , if it could be done in a ...
... must be de- lightful and hence the fingular beauty of smoke \ ascending in a calm morning . I am extremely fenfible of the disgust men ge- nerally have to abstract speculation ; and I would avoid it altogether , if it could be done in a ...
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Halaman 287 - 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?
Halaman 157 - I did hear him groan ; Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas ! it cried 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Halaman 156 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life; but for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Halaman 283 - 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...
Halaman 162 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Halaman 74 - O, what a fall was there, my countrymen ! Then I, and you, and all of us fell down, Whilst bloody treason flourish'd over us. 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.
Halaman 510 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why ? Detraction will not suffer it : — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere 'scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Halaman 221 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Halaman 136 - 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.
Halaman 161 - That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly. Heaven and earth! Must I remember? why, she would hang on him, As if increase of appetite had grown By what it fed on; and yet, within a month, Let me not think on't: Frailty, thy name is woman!