Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 - Criticism |
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... example , is proper for a judge , modeft behaviour for a young woman , and a lofty 19 Nec vero illa parva vis naturæ ... examples 4 Ch . X. CONGRUITY.
... example , is proper for a judge , modeft behaviour for a young woman , and a lofty 19 Nec vero illa parva vis naturæ ... examples 4 Ch . X. CONGRUITY.
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Lord Henry Home Kames. ftyle for an epic poem . In the following examples every one is fenfible of an unfuit- ableness or incongruity : a little woman funk in an overgrown farthingale , a coat richly embroidered covering coarfe and ́ ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. ftyle for an epic poem . In the following examples every one is fenfible of an unfuit- ableness or incongruity : a little woman funk in an overgrown farthingale , a coat richly embroidered covering coarfe and ́ ...
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... examples of congruity and incongruity , than that betwixt a subject and its ornaments . A literary per- formance intended merely for amusement , is fufceptible of much ornament , as well as a mufic - room or a play - house . In gaiety ...
... examples of congruity and incongruity , than that betwixt a subject and its ornaments . A literary per- formance intended merely for amusement , is fufceptible of much ornament , as well as a mufic - room or a play - house . In gaiety ...
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... example , an heroic action fuitable to the character of the author , which raises in him and in every spectator the pleasant e- motion of propriety . This emotion gene- rates in the author both self - esteem and joy ; the former when he ...
... example , an heroic action fuitable to the character of the author , which raises in him and in every spectator the pleasant e- motion of propriety . This emotion gene- rates in the author both self - esteem and joy ; the former when he ...
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... kind , that provoke laughter ; of which we have examples without end in the blunders and abfurdities of our own fpecies . Such improprieties improprieties receive a different punish- ment , as will appear Ch . X. AND PROPRIETY . is.
... kind , that provoke laughter ; of which we have examples without end in the blunders and abfurdities of our own fpecies . Such improprieties improprieties receive a different punish- ment , as will appear Ch . X. AND PROPRIETY . is.
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