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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... capital beauties . This caufe of beauty , is too ex- tenfive to be handled as a branch of any other fub- ject for to afcertain with accuracy even the proper meaning of words , not to talk of their figurative power , would require a ...
... capital beauties . This caufe of beauty , is too ex- tenfive to be handled as a branch of any other fub- ject for to afcertain with accuracy even the proper meaning of words , not to talk of their figurative power , would require a ...
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... capital object confidered as acting or as fuffering . This object is expreffed by a fubftantive noun ; its action is expreffed by an active verb ; and the thing affected by the action is expreffed by another fub- ftantive noun : its ...
... capital object confidered as acting or as fuffering . This object is expreffed by a fubftantive noun ; its action is expreffed by an active verb ; and the thing affected by the action is expreffed by another fub- ftantive noun : its ...
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... capital point in the prefent fubject , it will be neceffary to examine it more narrowly , and in particular to trace the fev- eral degrees in which an inverted ftyle recedes more and more from that which is natural . And first , as to ...
... capital point in the prefent fubject , it will be neceffary to examine it more narrowly , and in particular to trace the fev- eral degrees in which an inverted ftyle recedes more and more from that which is natural . And first , as to ...
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... the advantage . From thefe examples , the following obfervation will occur , that a circumftance ought never to be VOL . II . D placed placed between two capital members of a period : for SECT . II ... 49 Beauty of Language .
... the advantage . From thefe examples , the following obfervation will occur , that a circumftance ought never to be VOL . II . D placed placed between two capital members of a period : for SECT . II ... 49 Beauty of Language .
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... capital members of a period : for by fuch fituation it must always be doubtful , as far as we gather from the arrangement , to which of the two members it belongs ; where it is interjected , as it ought to be , between parts of the ...
... capital members of a period : for by fuch fituation it must always be doubtful , as far as we gather from the arrangement , to which of the two members it belongs ; where it is interjected , as it ought to be , between parts of the ...
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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