An essay on criticism. With notes by mr. WarburtonH. Linton, 1749 - 89 páginas |
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... use of them by the Ancients , 140 to 180 . Reverence due to the Ancients , and praise of them , * 181 , & c . PART . II . Ver . 203 , & c . 4 Caufes hindering a true Judgment , 1. Pride , 208. 2. Imperfect Learning , 245 3. Judg- ing by ...
... use of them by the Ancients , 140 to 180 . Reverence due to the Ancients , and praise of them , * 181 , & c . PART . II . Ver . 203 , & c . 4 Caufes hindering a true Judgment , 1. Pride , 208. 2. Imperfect Learning , 245 3. Judg- ing by ...
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... use of ev'ry friend and ev'ry foe . COMMENTA RY . feads the Judgment ) but thofe in whom education and ftudy has made no improvement ; as appears from the happy fimilitude of an ill - nourished body ; where the fame words which exprefs ...
... use of ev'ry friend and ev'ry foe . COMMENTA RY . feads the Judgment ) but thofe in whom education and ftudy has made no improvement ; as appears from the happy fimilitude of an ill - nourished body ; where the fame words which exprefs ...
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... use may be made of General reading , when if there is but one good thing in a book ( as in that wretched perfor mance there scarce was more ) it may be pick'd out , and employ'd to an excellent purpose . Difcours'd in terms as juft ...
... use may be made of General reading , when if there is but one good thing in a book ( as in that wretched perfor mance there scarce was more ) it may be pick'd out , and employ'd to an excellent purpose . Difcours'd in terms as juft ...
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... use in life , is worthy of being lodg- ed in the memory : But Cu- riofity confifts in a vain at- tention to every thing out of the way , and which , for` its usefulness the world leaft regards . Lastly , Exactness is the juft proportion ...
... use in life , is worthy of being lodg- ed in the memory : But Cu- riofity confifts in a vain at- tention to every thing out of the way , and which , for` its usefulness the world leaft regards . Lastly , Exactness is the juft proportion ...
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... use of words , as far as regards their novelty and antiquity . NOTES . 311. Falfe eloquence , like the prifmatic glafs , c . ] This fimile is beauti- ful . For the falfe colouring , given to objects by the prif- matic glass , is owing ...
... use of words , as far as regards their novelty and antiquity . NOTES . 311. Falfe eloquence , like the prifmatic glafs , c . ] This fimile is beauti- ful . For the falfe colouring , given to objects by the prif- matic glass , is owing ...
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admire againſt ancient bad Critic beauty Becauſe caufe of wrong cauſe cenfure Cicero cifed Colomies COMMENTARY confift Criticiſm defcribes divifion dulnefs eaſe Efay ev'n ev'ry expofes Expreffion facred fafe falfe fame fatire faults fecond feek feem fenfe fenſe ferves fhall fhews fhort fhould fimilitude firft firſt folly fome fometimes fools foon fpeaking fpirits frike ftill ftudy fubject fublime fuch fure genius gives grace Hermolaus Barbarus himſelf Homer Homer nods itſelf juft juſt laft laſt learn'd learning lefs Licence likewife Longinus mind modeft moft moſt Mufe muft muſt Nature ne'er neceffary neceffity NOTES numbers o'er obferves paffions partiality perfect Judge perfons Petronius pleaſe poem poet Poet's Poetry praife praiſe precept Pride Quintil Quintilian raiſed reafon rife rules ſenſe ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thro true Critic True Wit underſtanding unlearned uſe Weft whofe whole writing wrong Judgment Zoilus
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Página 33 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of. fools.
Página 20 - Hear how learn'd Greece her useful rules indites, When to repress, and when indulge our flights: High on Parnassus' top her sons she show'd, And pointed out those arduous paths they trod; Held from afar, aloft, th' immortal prize, And urg'd the rest by equal steps to rise.
Página 81 - And bless their Critic with a Poet's fire. An ardent Judge, who zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just ; Whose own example strengthens all his laws ; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.
Página 15 - So vast is art, so narrow human wit : Not only bounded to peculiar arts, But oft' in those confin'd to single parts.
Página 18 - Itself unseen, but in th' effects remains. Some, to whom Heav'n in wit has been profuse, Want as much more, to turn it to its use ; For wit and judgment often are at strife, Tho' meant each other's aid, like man and wife.
Página 48 - ... whate'er it shines upon, It gilds all objects, but it alters none. Expression is the dress of thought, and still Appears more decent, as more suitable; A vile conceit in pompous words...
Página 14 - Nature to all things fix'd the limits fit, And wisely curb'd proud man's pretending wit. As on the land while here the ocean gains, In other parts it leaves wide sandy plains...
Página 86 - And kept unconquer'd, and unciviliz'd; Fierce for the liberties of wit, and bold, We still defy'd the Romans, as of old.
Página 26 - If, where the rules not far enough extend, (Since rules were made but to promote their end) Some lucky license answer to the full Th' intent propos'd, that license is a rule.
Página 44 - Some to conceit alone their taste confine, And glitt'ring thoughts struck out at every line; Pleased with a work where nothing's just or fit; One glaring chaos and wild heap of wit.