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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Page 11
... Some exceptions however I would make . A word that fignifies labour or any thing harsh or rugged , ought not to be fmooth ; therefore forc'd , with an apoftrophe , is better than forced , without it . Another exception is where the ...
... Some exceptions however I would make . A word that fignifies labour or any thing harsh or rugged , ought not to be fmooth ; therefore forc'd , with an apoftrophe , is better than forced , without it . Another exception is where the ...
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... Some emotions more peculiarly connected with the fine arts , I propofe to handle in feparate chapters . " Better thus Some emotions more peculiarly con- nected with the fine arts , are propofed to be hand- led in feparate chapters ...
... Some emotions more peculiarly connected with the fine arts , I propofe to handle in feparate chapters . " Better thus Some emotions more peculiarly con- nected with the fine arts , are propofed to be hand- led in feparate chapters ...
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... some time ago , & c . He had been guilty of a fault for which his mafter would have put him to death , had he not found an oppor- tunity to efcape out of his hands , and fled into the defarts of Numidia . Guardian , No. 139 . If * See ...
... some time ago , & c . He had been guilty of a fault for which his mafter would have put him to death , had he not found an oppor- tunity to efcape out of his hands , and fled into the defarts of Numidia . Guardian , No. 139 . If * See ...
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... Some Some of our most eminent divines have made use of 62 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
... Some Some of our most eminent divines have made use of 62 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
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... Some of our most eminent divines have made use of this Platonic notion , as far as it regards the fubfiftence of our paffions after death , with great beauty and ftrength of reason . Better thus : Spectator , No. 9o . Some of our moft ...
... Some of our most eminent divines have made use of this Platonic notion , as far as it regards the fubfiftence of our paffions after death , with great beauty and ftrength of reason . Better thus : Spectator , No. 9o . Some of our moft ...
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