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 47
... elevation , like a lit- tle ftatue placed on a mighty pedeftal , will always have his jealoufy ftrong about him . Differtation upon parties , Dedication . Bolingbroke . Here , as far as can be gathered from the arrange- ment , it is ...
... elevation , like a lit- tle ftatue placed on a mighty pedeftal , will always have his jealoufy ftrong about him . Differtation upon parties , Dedication . Bolingbroke . Here , as far as can be gathered from the arrange- ment , it is ...
Page 58
... elevation to a period , it ought to begin and end with a long fyllable . For a long fyllable makes naturally the fliongeft impreffion ; and of all the fyllables in a period , we are chiefly moved with the first and laft . Demetrius ...
... elevation to a period , it ought to begin and end with a long fyllable . For a long fyllable makes naturally the fliongeft impreffion ; and of all the fyllables in a period , we are chiefly moved with the first and laft . Demetrius ...
Page 65
... , that fuch tranfpofition or inversion bestows upon a period a very fenfible de- VOL . II , gree gree of force and elevation ; and yet writers feem SECT . II . 65 Beauty of Language . ¡ Madam, The burry and impertinence of receiving and ...
... , that fuch tranfpofition or inversion bestows upon a period a very fenfible de- VOL . II , gree gree of force and elevation ; and yet writers feem SECT . II . 65 Beauty of Language . ¡ Madam, The burry and impertinence of receiving and ...
Page 66
... elevation ; and yet writers feem to be at a lofs how to account for this effect . Cerceau * afcribes fo much power to inverfion , as to make.it the characteristic of French verfe , and the fingle cir- cumstance which in that language ...
... elevation ; and yet writers feem to be at a lofs how to account for this effect . Cerceau * afcribes fo much power to inverfion , as to make.it the characteristic of French verfe , and the fingle cir- cumstance which in that language ...
Page 76
... elevation of the fubject : but the mind in an elevaed state , is difpofed to action ; therefore , in order a reft , it must be brought down to the key - not Hence the term cadence . The only general rule that cabe given for direct- ing ...
... elevation of the fubject : but the mind in an elevaed state , is difpofed to action ; therefore , in order a reft , it must be brought down to the key - not Hence the term cadence . The only general rule that cabe given for direct- 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