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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... better than forced , without it . Another exception is where the penult fyllable ends with a vowel ; in that cafe the final fyllable ed may be apoftrophized without mak ing * See Swift's propofal for correaing the English tongue , in a ...
... better than forced , without it . Another exception is where the penult fyllable ends with a vowel ; in that cafe the final fyllable ed may be apoftrophized without mak ing * See Swift's propofal for correaing the English tongue , in a ...
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... Better thus Some emotions more peculiarly con- nected with the fine arts , are propofed to be hand- led in feparate chapters . " 66 I add another error against perfpicuity ; which I mention the rather becaufe with fome writers it paffes ...
... Better thus Some emotions more peculiarly con- nected with the fine arts , are propofed to be hand- led in feparate chapters . " 66 I add another error against perfpicuity ; which I mention the rather becaufe with fome writers it paffes ...
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... better to fay the foul and the body ; because the dif junction in the words refembles the disjunction in the thought . I proceed to other examples , beginning with conjunctions . Conftituit agmen ; et expedire tela animofque , equiti ...
... better to fay the foul and the body ; because the dif junction in the words refembles the disjunction in the thought . I proceed to other examples , beginning with conjunctions . Conftituit agmen ; et expedire tela animofque , equiti ...
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... Better thus : " He did not mention Leonora , nor her father's death . " Where two ideas are fo connected as to require but a copulative , it is pleafant to find a connection in the words that exprefs thefe ideas , were it even fo flight ...
... Better thus : " He did not mention Leonora , nor her father's death . " Where two ideas are fo connected as to require but a copulative , it is pleafant to find a connection in the words that exprefs thefe ideas , were it even fo flight ...
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... [ Better thus : ] - having made a discovery that there was no God , and having generously communi- cated their thoughts for the good of the public , were some time ago , & c . He had been guilty of a fault for which his mafter would have ...
... [ Better thus : ] - having made a discovery that there was no God , and having generously communi- cated their thoughts for the good of the public , were some time ago , & c . He had been guilty of a fault for which his mafter would have ...
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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