Violent action) ought to be excluded from the stage iii. 254.
Virgil) censured for want of connection i. 36. &_c._ his verse extremely melodious ii. 357. his versification criticised ii. 376. censured iii. 179. 194. 246.
_Virgil travestie_) characterized ii. 41.
Walk) in a garden, whether it ought to be straight or waving iii. 311. artificial walk elevated above the plain iii. 313.
Wall) that is not perpendicular occasions an uneasy feeling i. 218.
Water-god) statue of, pouring out water iii. 350.
Way of the World) censured iii. 266. the unities of place and time strictly observed in it iii. 293.
Will) how far our train of perceptions can be regulated by it i. 23. 381. 388. determined by desire i. 222
Wit) defined i. 28. seldom united with judgement i. 28. but generally with memory i. 28. not concordant with grandeur i. 377. Wit ch. 13. ii. 58.
Wonder) instantaneous i. 143. Wonders and prodigies find ready credit with the vulgar i. 198. Wonder i. 320. studied in Chinese gardens iii. 319.
Words) play of ii. 228. &_c._ jingle of ii. 231. what are their best arrangement in a period ii. 251. A conjunction or disjunction in the members of the thought ought to be imitated in the expression ii. 260. 265. Words expressing things connected ought to be placed as near together as possible ii. 307. &_c._ In what part of a sentence doth a word make the greatest figure ii. 318. Words acquire a beauty from their meaning iii. 139. The words ought to accord with the sentiment iii. 188. A word is often redoubled to add force to the expression iii. 201.
Writing) a subject intended for amusement may be highly ornamented ii. 9. A grand subject appears best in a plain dress ii. 10.
[11] It is accordingly observed by Longinus, in his treatise of the Sublime, that the proper time for metaphor, is when the passions are so swelled as to hurry on like a torrent.
[13] Philoctetes of Sophocles, act 4. sc. 2.
[14] Alcestes of Euripides, act 2. sc. 1.
[15] See this principle accounted for, chap. 25.
[16] Philoctetes of Sophocles, at the close.
[17] The chastity of the English language, which in common usage distinguishes by genders no words but what signify beings male and female, gives thus a fine opportunity for the prosopopœia; a beauty unknown in other languages, where every word is masculine or feminine.