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 30
... admit . Minifters are anfwerable for every thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the prefervation of the conftitution in its purity and vigour , or the perverting and weakening it , are of greater ...
... admit . Minifters are anfwerable for every thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the prefervation of the conftitution in its purity and vigour , or the perverting and weakening it , are of greater ...
Page 43
... admit a feparation between words the most intimately con- nected . It can fcarce be faid that inverfion has any limits ; though I may venture to pronounce , that the disjunction of articles , conjunctions , or prepo- fitions , from the ...
... admit a feparation between words the most intimately con- nected . It can fcarce be faid that inverfion has any limits ; though I may venture to pronounce , that the disjunction of articles , conjunctions , or prepo- fitions , from the ...
Page 58
... admit not fuch a ftructure ; and in that cafe , the capital word ought , if poffible , to be placed in the front , which next to the clofe is the most ad- vantageous for making an impreffion . Hence , in directing our difcourfe to a man ...
... admit not fuch a ftructure ; and in that cafe , the capital word ought , if poffible , to be placed in the front , which next to the clofe is the most ad- vantageous for making an impreffion . Hence , in directing our difcourfe to a man ...
Page 62
... admit more than one complete clofe in the fenfe , the curiofity of the reader is exhaufted at the first clofe , and ... admits a full close upon the word compofition ; after which it goes on lan- guidly , and clofes without force . This ...
... admit more than one complete clofe in the fenfe , the curiofity of the reader is exhaufted at the first clofe , and ... admits a full close upon the word compofition ; after which it goes on lan- guidly , and clofes without force . This ...
Page 66
... admitting fome pofitive beauty that is excluded in a natural ftyle . To be confirmed in this opinion , we need but reflect upon fome of the foregoing rules , which make it evident , that language by means of inverfion , is fufceptible ...
... admitting fome pofitive beauty that is excluded in a natural ftyle . To be confirmed in this opinion , we need but reflect upon fome of the foregoing rules , which make it evident , that language by means of inverfion , is fufceptible ...
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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