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Sea. I. FIGURES.
Darin^ th'event to th’ teeth, are all in uproar,
And Danger serves among them.
Henry VIII. all i. fc. t.
Fourthly, Descriptive personification, hill more
than what is passionate , ought to be kept within
the bounds of moderation. A reader warmed
with a beautiful subjeft , can imagine, even with-
out passion , the winds , for example, to be ani-
mated: but slill the winds are the subjea ; and any
action ascribed to them beyond or contrary to
their usual operation, appearing unnatural, seldom.
fails to baniflr the illusion altogether : the reader’s
imagination too far strained, refuses its aid ; and
the description becomes obscure, instead of being
more lively and striking. In this view, the follow-
ing passage, describing Cleopatra on Chipboard,
appears to me exceptionable.
The barge she sat in, like a burnilhed throne ,
Burnt on the water : the poop was beaten goldt
Purple the sails , and so perfumed, that
The winds were love-sick with ’em.
Antony and Cleopatra, aft t./c. j.
The winds in their impetuous coursehave so much
the appearance os fury , that it is easy to figure
them wreaking their resentment against their ene-
mies , by, destroying houses, ships, dr.; but to fi-
gure them love-sick, has no resemblance to them
in any circumstance. In another passage , where
B 4
/ .
Darin^ th'event to th’ teeth, are all in uproar,
And Danger serves among them.
Henry VIII. all i. fc. t.
Fourthly, Descriptive personification, hill more
than what is passionate , ought to be kept within
the bounds of moderation. A reader warmed
with a beautiful subjeft , can imagine, even with-
out passion , the winds , for example, to be ani-
mated: but slill the winds are the subjea ; and any
action ascribed to them beyond or contrary to
their usual operation, appearing unnatural, seldom.
fails to baniflr the illusion altogether : the reader’s
imagination too far strained, refuses its aid ; and
the description becomes obscure, instead of being
more lively and striking. In this view, the follow-
ing passage, describing Cleopatra on Chipboard,
appears to me exceptionable.
The barge she sat in, like a burnilhed throne ,
Burnt on the water : the poop was beaten goldt
Purple the sails , and so perfumed, that
The winds were love-sick with ’em.
Antony and Cleopatra, aft t./c. j.
The winds in their impetuous coursehave so much
the appearance os fury , that it is easy to figure
them wreaking their resentment against their ene-
mies , by, destroying houses, ships, dr.; but to fi-
gure them love-sick, has no resemblance to them
in any circumstance. In another passage , where
B 4
/ .