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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... figure : I cannot form an idea of motion independent of a body ; but there is nothing more eafy than to form an idea of a body at reft . Hence it appears , that the degree of inverfion depends greatly on the order in which the related ...
... figure : I cannot form an idea of motion independent of a body ; but there is nothing more eafy than to form an idea of a body at reft . Hence it appears , that the degree of inverfion depends greatly on the order in which the related ...
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... figure , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Tom is a lively impudent clown , and has wit enough to have made him a pleafant companion , had it been polished and rectified by good manners . Guardian , No. 162 . It is the custom of the ...
... figure , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Tom is a lively impudent clown , and has wit enough to have made him a pleafant companion , had it been polished and rectified by good manners . Guardian , No. 162 . It is the custom of the ...
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... figure ; whether at the beginning , during the courfe , or at the clofe . The breaking filence roufes the at- tention , and prepares for a deep impreffion at the be- ginning the beginning , however , must yield to the clofe ; which ...
... figure ; whether at the beginning , during the courfe , or at the clofe . The breaking filence roufes the at- tention , and prepares for a deep impreffion at the be- ginning the beginning , however , must yield to the clofe ; which ...
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... figure , being like a circumftance flipt into a corner . That this criticism is well found- ed , we need no other proof than Addison's tranfla- tion of the last example : O Abner ! I fear my God , and I fear none but him . Guardian , No ...
... figure , being like a circumftance flipt into a corner . That this criticism is well found- ed , we need no other proof than Addison's tranfla- tion of the last example : O Abner ! I fear my God , and I fear none but him . Guardian , No ...
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... 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 coincide in the fame paffage , the concordance of found and ...
... 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 coincide in the fame paffage , the concordance of found and ...
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