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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... . Bolton : From the Prefs OF SAMUEL ETHERIDGE , For 7. WHITE , THOMAS & ANDREWS , W. SPOTSWOOD , D. WEST , W. P. BLAKE , E. LARKIN , & J. WEST . M DCC XCVI , ELEMENTS CRITICISM : CHAPTER XVIII . Beauty of Language . ELEMENTS OF ...
... . Bolton : From the Prefs OF SAMUEL ETHERIDGE , For 7. WHITE , THOMAS & ANDREWS , W. SPOTSWOOD , D. WEST , W. P. BLAKE , E. LARKIN , & J. WEST . M DCC XCVI , ELEMENTS CRITICISM : CHAPTER XVIII . Beauty of Language . ELEMENTS OF ...
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... beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently fenfi- ble when a thought is communicated with perfpicuity and fprightlinefs . This beauty of language , arifing from ... beauty is the beauty of Beauty of Language . CH . XVIII .
... beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently fenfi- ble when a thought is communicated with perfpicuity and fprightlinefs . This beauty of language , arifing from ... beauty is the beauty of Beauty of Language . CH . XVIII .
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... beauty is the beauty of means fitted to an end , that of communicating thought : and hence it evidently appears , that of feveral ex- preffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now mentioned , is that ...
... beauty is the beauty of means fitted to an end , that of communicating thought : and hence it evidently appears , that of feveral ex- preffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now mentioned , is that ...
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... beauty of fome words which arifes from their fignification , when the emotion raifed by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothnefs , of the found , resembles in any degree what is raised by * Iralian words , like thofe of ...
... beauty of fome words which arifes from their fignification , when the emotion raifed by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothnefs , of the found , resembles in any degree what is raised by * Iralian words , like thofe of ...
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... beauty of words , the ftandard above mentioned is infallible when applied to foreign languages as well as to our own for every man , whatever be his mother - tongue , is equally capable to judge of the length or fhortnefs of words , of ...
... beauty of words , the ftandard above mentioned is infallible when applied to foreign languages as well as to our own for every man , whatever be his mother - tongue , is equally capable to judge of the length or fhortnefs of words , of ...
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