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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Page 62
... close of the period ; for without the verb the fenfe cannot be complete and when the verb happens to be the capital word , which it frequently is , it ought at any rate to be the laft , according to another rule , above laid down . I ...
... close of the period ; for without the verb the fenfe cannot be complete and when the verb happens to be the capital word , which it frequently is , it ought at any rate to be the laft , according to another rule , above laid down . I ...
Page 74
... close with one example more , which of all makes the finest figure . In the firft fection mention is made of a climax in found ; and in the fecond , of a climax in fenfe . It belongs to the present sub- ject to obferve , that when thefe ...
... close with one example more , which of all makes the finest figure . In the firft fection mention is made of a climax in found ; and in the fecond , of a climax in fenfe . It belongs to the present sub- ject to obferve , that when thefe ...
Page 77
... close with a flight comparifon , between finging and pronounc ⚫ing . In this comparifon , the five following circum ftances relative to articulate found , must be kept in view . ift , A found or fyllable is harth or fmooth . * De ...
... close with a flight comparifon , between finging and pronounc ⚫ing . In this comparifon , the five following circum ftances relative to articulate found , must be kept in view . ift , A found or fyllable is harth or fmooth . * De ...
Page 87
... close or full paufe ; the caufe of which follows . The two long fyllables preceded by two fhort , which always clofe an Hexameter line , are a fine preparation for a paufe : for long fyllables , or fyllables pronounced flow , refembling ...
... close or full paufe ; the caufe of which follows . The two long fyllables preceded by two fhort , which always clofe an Hexameter line , are a fine preparation for a paufe : for long fyllables , or fyllables pronounced flow , refembling ...
Page 91
... close in the fense ought to be accompanied with a close in the found . In profe this law may be ftrictly obferved ; but in verfe , the fame ftrictnefs would occafion infuperable difficulties . Willing to facrifice to the melody of verfe ...
... close in the fense ought to be accompanied with a close in the found . In profe this law may be ftrictly obferved ; but in verfe , the fame ftrictnefs would occafion infuperable difficulties . Willing to facrifice to the melody of verfe ...
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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