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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... common ftandard to which we can ap- peal . The cafe is precifely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity , liberty in words and actions , form the character of one peo- ple ; politenefs , referve , and a ...
... common ftandard to which we can ap- peal . The cafe is precifely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity , liberty in words and actions , form the character of one peo- ple ; politenefs , referve , and a ...
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... common fpeech is generally fuppreffed , and the con- fonant added to the foregoing fyllable ; whence the following rugged founds , drudg'd , disturb'd , rebuk'd , fledg'd . It is ftill lefs excufable to follow this practice in writing ...
... common fpeech is generally fuppreffed , and the con- fonant added to the foregoing fyllable ; whence the following rugged founds , drudg'd , disturb'd , rebuk'd , fledg'd . It is ftill lefs excufable to follow this practice in writing ...
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... common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general obfervations upon the appearance that objects make , when placed in an increafing or decreafing feries . Where the objects vary by fmall differences , fo as to have a mutual ...
... common view , it will be neceffary to premise fome general obfervations upon the appearance that objects make , when placed in an increafing or decreafing feries . Where the objects vary by fmall differences , fo as to have a mutual ...
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... common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most cel- ebrated authors . Livy , fpeaking of a rout after a battle . Multique in ruina majore quam fuga oppreffi obtrun- catique . L ...
... common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most cel- ebrated authors . Livy , fpeaking of a rout after a battle . Multique in ruina majore quam fuga oppreffi obtrun- catique . L ...
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... common among good writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť the neglect of it is remarkably difagreeable For example , " He did not mention Leonora , nor that her father was dead . " Better thus : " He did not mention Leonora ...
... common among good writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť the neglect of it is remarkably difagreeable For example , " He did not mention Leonora , nor that her father was dead . " Better thus : " He did not mention Leonora ...
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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