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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... effect on the mind , abftracting from their fignification and from their imitative power : they are more or lefs agreeable to the ear , by the fulness , sweetness , faintnefs , or roughnefs of their tones . These are but faint beauties ...
... effect on the mind , abftracting from their fignification and from their imitative power : they are more or lefs agreeable to the ear , by the fulness , sweetness , faintnefs , or roughnefs of their tones . These are but faint beauties ...
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... effect in conjunction . In the former , all founds , fingly agreeable , are in conjunction concord- ant ; and ought to be , in order to fulfil the pur- pofes of language . Having difcuffed fyllables , we proceed to words which make the ...
... effect in conjunction . In the former , all founds , fingly agreeable , are in conjunction concord- ant ; and ought to be , in order to fulfil the pur- pofes of language . Having difcuffed fyllables , we proceed to words which make the ...
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... effect of fyllables in fucceffion . In the first place , fyllables in immedi- ate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a fucceffion of weak and feeble founds ...
... effect of fyllables in fucceffion . In the first place , fyllables in immedi- ate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a fucceffion of weak and feeble founds ...
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... effect by poffeffing the most confpicuous place in the word : upon which account , the vowel in common fpeech is generally fuppreffed , and the con- fonant added to the foregoing fyllable ; whence the following rugged founds , drudg'd ...
... effect by poffeffing the most confpicuous place in the word : upon which account , the vowel in common fpeech is generally fuppreffed , and the con- fonant added to the foregoing fyllable ; whence the following rugged founds , drudg'd ...
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... effect up- on the mind , as if it flood fingle without making a part of the feries : but the fecond object , by means of contraft , appears greater than when viewed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcend- ing ...
... effect up- on the mind , as if it flood fingle without making a part of the feries : but the fecond object , by means of contraft , appears greater than when viewed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcend- ing ...
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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