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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... employ'd . The article next in order , is the mufic of words as united in a period . And as the arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ear , depends on principles remote from common view , it ...
... employ'd . The article next in order , is the mufic of words as united in a period . And as the arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ear , depends on principles remote from common view , it ...
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... employed in different matters , without any relation to each other , whether of refemblance or of oppofition . And therefore the contraft or oppofition will be better marked by ex- preffing the thought as follows . A friend exaggerates ...
... employed in different matters , without any relation to each other , whether of refemblance or of oppofition . And therefore the contraft or oppofition will be better marked by ex- preffing the thought as follows . A friend exaggerates ...
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... employed no lefs in examining the box which contained them . Guardian , No. 4 . The wrong fenfe occafioned by this arrangement , may be cafily prevented by varying it thus : This morning when , with great care and diligence , one of ...
... employed no lefs in examining the box which contained them . Guardian , No. 4 . The wrong fenfe occafioned by this arrangement , may be cafily prevented by varying it thus : This morning when , with great care and diligence , one of ...
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... employed to fill up vacuities among thofe of a larger fize . In the arrangement of a period , fuch under - parts crowded together make a poor fig- ure ; and never are graceful but when interfperfed among the capital parts . I illuftrate ...
... employed to fill up vacuities among thofe of a larger fize . In the arrangement of a period , fuch under - parts crowded together make a poor fig- ure ; and never are graceful but when interfperfed among the capital parts . I illuftrate ...
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... employed by writers of genius , is clear from the foregoing examples , and from many others that might be given . But we may fafely pronounce , that this natural refemblance can be carried no farther : the objects of the different ...
... employed by writers of genius , is clear from the foregoing examples , and from many others that might be given . But we may fafely pronounce , that this natural refemblance can be carried no farther : the objects of the different ...
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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