Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... thing . This argument appears to me fatisfactory : if it need confirmation , I urge experience . Whoever makes a trial will find , that ideas are linked together in the mind , forming a connected chain ; and that we have not the command ...
... thing . This argument appears to me fatisfactory : if it need confirmation , I urge experience . Whoever makes a trial will find , that ideas are linked together in the mind , forming a connected chain ; and that we have not the command ...
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... thing perceived to be a cause , is connected with its feveral effects ; fome things are connected by contiguity in ... thing appears folitary and altogether devoid of connection ; the only difference is , that fome are intimately ...
... thing perceived to be a cause , is connected with its feveral effects ; fome things are connected by contiguity in ... thing appears folitary and altogether devoid of connection ; the only difference is , that fome are intimately ...
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... things but what are con- nected with many others ; and when a thing thus connected becomes a fubject of thought , it gene- rally fuggests many of its connections : among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting ...
... things but what are con- nected with many others ; and when a thing thus connected becomes a fubject of thought , it gene- rally fuggests many of its connections : among thefe a choice is afforded ; we can infift upon one , rejecting ...
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... things by diftant and fanciful relations , which furprise because they are unexpected : fuch relations being of the flighteft kind , readily oc- cur to that perfon only who makes every relation equally welcome . Wit , upon that account ...
... things by diftant and fanciful relations , which furprise because they are unexpected : fuch relations being of the flighteft kind , readily oc- cur to that perfon only who makes every relation equally welcome . Wit , upon that account ...
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... things of unequal rank , order is a regulating principle : thus our tendency is , to view the principal fub- ject before ... thing be first furveyed as a whole . It need fcarce be added , that our ideas are governed by the fame principle ...
... things of unequal rank , order is a regulating principle : thus our tendency is , to view the principal fub- ject before ... thing be first furveyed as a whole . It need fcarce be added , that our ideas are governed by the fame principle ...
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action againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears arifing arts beauty becauſe Cæfar cafe cauſe chap circumftance colour connection courfe courſe defcribing defire degree difagreeable difcover diftrefs dignity diſtinguiſh effect elevation emotion raiſed eſteem expreffion faid fame kind fcarce feeling feems fenfe fenfible fentiment fhall fhould fight fimilar final caufe fingle fingular fion firft firſt fmall fo complex focial fome fometimes foon fpecies fpectator ftill ftrong fubject fublime fucceffion fuch fufficient furpriſe fwell grandeur gratification happineſs hath himſelf Hudibras ideal prefence ideas impreffion inftances interefting itſelf ject lefs meaſure mind moft moſt motion mufic muft muſt nature neceffary novelty obfervation object occafion oppofite Othello paffage paffing paffion pain perceive perceptions perfon pleaſant pleaſure prefent produce produceth propenfity puniſhment purpoſe qualities raife reafon refemblance reflection refpect reliſh ridicule rifible ſelfiſh Shakeſpear ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe tion uſeful variety
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Seite 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?
Seite 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.
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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...
Seite 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
Seite 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...
Seite 146 - We both have fed as well, and we can both Endure the winter's cold as well as he...
Seite 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.
Seite 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.