Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... separated from the fubject to which it refers : this makes a harsh arrangement ; the less excufable that the fault is eafily prevented by placing the circumstance before the verb , after the following manner : For the English are ...
... separated from the fubject to which it refers : this makes a harsh arrangement ; the less excufable that the fault is eafily prevented by placing the circumstance before the verb , after the following manner : For the English are ...
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... separated by a circumstance , all the three make still but one member ; and therefore that words may be feparated by an interjected circum- ftance , though thefe words are not feparated by a pause in the fenfe . This fets the matter in ...
... separated by a circumstance , all the three make still but one member ; and therefore that words may be feparated by an interjected circum- ftance , though thefe words are not feparated by a pause in the fenfe . This fets the matter in ...
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... separated by a pause from the capital words that make them fignificant ; and which particles ought , for the fake of melody , to be accented , were they capable of an accent . Add to thefe the following inftances from the Effay on Crit ...
... separated by a pause from the capital words that make them fignificant ; and which particles ought , for the fake of melody , to be accented , were they capable of an accent . Add to thefe the following inftances from the Effay on Crit ...
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abftract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appear beauty becauſe cafe caufe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcarce fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible feparation ferves fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufficient fupport garden hath Hexameter Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable melody metaphor mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper raifing raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule Spondees tafle tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion vafes verfe words