Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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... perceive , that these rules avail little in point of inftruction : the very words he employs , are not intelligible , except to thofe who beforehand are ac- quainted with the subject . To vary the scene a little , I propose to close ...
... perceive , that these rules avail little in point of inftruction : the very words he employs , are not intelligible , except to thofe who beforehand are ac- quainted with the subject . To vary the scene a little , I propose to close ...
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... perceive the fame defect . And old impertinence I expel by new . With varying vanities | from ev'ry part . Love in these labyrinths his flaves detains . New ftratagems the radiant lock to gain . Her eyes half - languishing || half drown ...
... perceive the fame defect . And old impertinence I expel by new . With varying vanities | from ev'ry part . Love in these labyrinths his flaves detains . New ftratagems the radiant lock to gain . Her eyes half - languishing || half drown ...
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... perceive the difference be- tween the integrity of a generous author , and that of a common friend . The latter is obferved to adhere close in profperity , but on the decline of fortune , to drop fuddenly off : whereas the generous ...
... perceive the difference be- tween the integrity of a generous author , and that of a common friend . The latter is obferved to adhere close in profperity , but on the decline of fortune , to drop fuddenly off : whereas the generous ...
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... perceive that utility ought chief- ly to be regarded , and that this figure , inconvenient by its height , ought to be fet upon its larger height ; the loftinefs is gone ; but that lofs is more than compenfa- ted by additional ...
... perceive that utility ought chief- ly to be regarded , and that this figure , inconvenient by its height , ought to be fet upon its larger height ; the loftinefs is gone ; but that lofs is more than compenfa- ted by additional ...
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... perception : the eye is more uncertain about the fize of a large object , than of one that is fmall ; and at a distance an object appears less than at hand . Delicacy of feeling , there- fore , with refpect to proportion in quantities ...
... perception : the eye is more uncertain about the fize of a large object , than of one that is fmall ; and at a distance an object appears less than at hand . Delicacy of feeling , there- fore , with refpect to proportion in quantities ...
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Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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?
Página 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?
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...