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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... because next in import- ance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to the fubject heroic actions or fentiments require el- evated language ; tender fentiments ought to be ex- preffed in words foft and flowing ; and plain lan ...
... because next in import- ance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to the fubject heroic actions or fentiments require el- evated language ; tender fentiments ought to be ex- preffed in words foft and flowing ; and plain lan ...
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... because the particle the , relative to both , makes a connection in the expreffion , refembling in fome degree the connection in the thought : but when the foul is diftinguished from the body , it is better to fay the foul and the body ...
... because the particle the , relative to both , makes a connection in the expreffion , refembling in fome degree the connection in the thought : but when the foul is diftinguished from the body , it is better to fay the foul and the body ...
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... because it makes a difcordance between the thought and ex- preffion . For the fame reafon , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This laft , termed ver- bal antithefis , is ...
... because it makes a difcordance between the thought and ex- preffion . For the fame reafon , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This laft , termed ver- bal antithefis , is ...
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... because by a disjunction of words intimately connected , it recedes farther from a nafu- . ral ftyle . But this licence has degrees ; for the dif junction is more violent in fome inftances than in others . others . And to give a juft ...
... because by a disjunction of words intimately connected , it recedes farther from a nafu- . ral ftyle . But this licence has degrees ; for the dif junction is more violent in fome inftances than in others . others . And to give a juft ...
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... because it tac- itly puts them on a level . On the other hand , the degrading or vilifying an object , is done fuccefsful- ly by ranking it with one that is really low : I hope to have this entertainment in a readiness for the next ...
... because it tac- itly puts them on a level . On the other hand , the degrading or vilifying an object , is done fuccefsful- ly by ranking it with one that is really low : I hope to have this entertainment in a readiness for the next ...
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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