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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... arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ear , depends on principles remote from common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general obfervations upon the appearance that objects make ...
... arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ear , depends on principles remote from common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general obfervations upon the appearance that objects make ...
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... arrangement of thefe words or materials . I begin with rules that di- rect us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their arrangement . And And with respect to the former ; communication of thought SECT ...
... arrangement of thefe words or materials . I begin with rules that di- rect us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their arrangement . And And with respect to the former ; communication of thought SECT ...
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... arrangement , be- longs to the next branch . I fhall here give a few examples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them ...
... arrangement , be- longs to the next branch . I fhall here give a few examples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them ...
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... arrangement of the words or ma- terials . This branch of the fubject is no lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair of fetting it in a clear light , except to thofe who are well acquainted with the general principles that govern the ...
... arrangement of the words or ma- terials . This branch of the fubject is no lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair of fetting it in a clear light , except to thofe who are well acquainted with the general principles that govern the ...
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... arrangement , one other preliminary is neceffary ; which is , to ex- plain the difference between a natural ftyle , and that á where tranfpofition or inverfion prevails . There are , it is true , no precife boundaries between them , for ...
... arrangement , one other preliminary is neceffary ; which is , to ex- plain the difference between a natural ftyle , and that á where tranfpofition or inverfion prevails . There are , it is true , no precife boundaries between them , for ...
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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