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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... and as in other words beginning with the fyllable in ; the letter e , as in perfuafion ; the lettera as in bat ; and the letter 2 as in umber , ficulty ; and it is a noted obfervation , That 6 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language ,
... and as in other words beginning with the fyllable in ; the letter e , as in perfuafion ; the lettera as in bat ; and the letter 2 as in umber , ficulty ; and it is a noted obfervation , That 6 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language ,
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... beginning with conjunctions . Conftituit agmen ; et expedire tela animofque , equiti bus juffis , & c . Livy , 1. 38. § 25 . Here the words that exprefs the connected ideas are artificially connected by fubjecting them both to the ...
... beginning with conjunctions . Conftituit agmen ; et expedire tela animofque , equiti bus juffis , & c . Livy , 1. 38. § 25 . Here the words that exprefs the connected ideas are artificially connected by fubjecting them both to the ...
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... beginning with fimiles . And here alfo , the intimate connection that words have with their mean- ing requires , that in defcribing two refembling ob- jects , a refemblance in the two members of the period ought to be ftudied . To ...
... beginning with fimiles . And here alfo , the intimate connection that words have with their mean- ing requires , that in defcribing two refembling ob- jects , a refemblance in the two members of the period ought to be ftudied . To ...
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... beginning with a natural ftyle , and proceeding gradually to what is the moft inverted . And in the arrangement of a period , as well as in a right choice of words , the firt and great object being perfpicuity , the rule : above laid ...
... beginning with a natural ftyle , and proceeding gradually to what is the moft inverted . And in the arrangement of a period , as well as in a right choice of words , the firt and great object being perfpicuity , the rule : above laid ...
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... beginning with examples of words put in a wrong place . How much the imagination of fuch a prefence must ex- alt a genius , we may obferve merely from the iufluence which an ordinary prefence has over men . Characteristics . val . 1. p ...
... beginning with examples of words put in a wrong place . How much the imagination of fuch a prefence must ex- alt a genius , we may obferve merely from the iufluence which an ordinary prefence has over men . Characteristics . val . 1. p ...
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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