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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... actions , form the character of one peo- ple ; politenefs , referve , and a total difguife of eve- ry fentiment that can give offence , form the charac- ter of another people : to each the manners of the other are difagreeable . An ...
... actions , form the character of one peo- ple ; politenefs , referve , and a total difguife of eve- ry fentiment that can give offence , form the charac- ter of another people : to each the manners of the other are difagreeable . An ...
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... action . I add another confid- eration : the agreeableness of contrast in the rougher language , for which the great variety of founds gives ample opportunity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of ...
... action . I add another confid- eration : the agreeableness of contrast in the rougher language , for which the great variety of founds gives ample opportunity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of ...
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... actions or fentiments require el- evated language ; tender fentiments ought to be ex- preffed in words foft and flowing ; and plain lan- guage void of ornament , is adapted to fubjects grave . and didactic . Language may be confidered ...
... actions or fentiments require el- evated language ; tender fentiments ought to be ex- preffed in words foft and flowing ; and plain lan- guage void of ornament , is adapted to fubjects grave . and didactic . Language may be confidered ...
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... action , will naturally be expreffed by two members of the period governed by the fame verb in which cafe thefe members , in order to im- prove their connection , ought to be conftructed in the fame manner . This beauty is fo common ...
... action , will naturally be expreffed by two members of the period governed by the fame verb in which cafe thefe members , in order to im- prove their connection , ought to be conftructed in the fame manner . This beauty is fo common ...
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... actions , when they find it pro- mifcuously bestowed on the meritorious and undeferving . Guardian , No. 4 . Even fo flight a change as to vary the construction Even 32 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . After a fhort time he came to ...
... actions , when they find it pro- mifcuously bestowed on the meritorious and undeferving . Guardian , No. 4 . Even fo flight a change as to vary the construction Even 32 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . After a fhort time he came to ...
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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