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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... agreeable to the ear , by the fulness , sweetness , faintnefs , or roughnefs of their tones . These are but faint beauties , being known to thofe only who have more than ordinary acutenefs of per- ception . Language poffeffeth a beauty ...
... agreeable to the ear , by the fulness , sweetness , faintnefs , or roughnefs of their tones . These are but faint beauties , being known to thofe only who have more than ordinary acutenefs of per- ception . Language poffeffeth a beauty ...
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... agreeable to the ear and if it be required which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps fafeft to hold , that thofe vowels which are the fartheft removed from the extremes , will be the most relifhed . This is all I have to ...
... agreeable to the ear and if it be required which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps fafeft to hold , that thofe vowels which are the fartheft removed from the extremes , will be the most relifhed . This is all I have to ...
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... agreeable founds , it appears , that a double found is always more agreeable than a fingle found every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the dipththong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly the ...
... agreeable founds , it appears , that a double found is always more agreeable than a fingle found every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the dipththong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly the ...
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... agreeable fucceffion is , where the cavity is increased and diminished alternately within moderate limits , Examples , alternative , longevity , pufillanimous . Secondly , words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of ...
... agreeable fucceffion is , where the cavity is increased and diminished alternately within moderate limits , Examples , alternative , longevity , pufillanimous . Secondly , words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of ...
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... agreeable , by calming the mind , and lulling it to reft : a rough bold found , on the contrary , ani- mates the mind : the effort perceived in pronouncing , is communicated to the hearers , who feel in their own minds a fimilar effort ...
... agreeable , by calming the mind , and lulling it to reft : a rough bold found , on the contrary , ani- mates the mind : the effort perceived in pronouncing , is communicated to the hearers , who feel in their own minds a fimilar effort ...
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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