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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... fome refemblance to the mo- tion they fignify . The imitative power of words goes one step farther : the loftinefs of fome words makes them proper fymbols of lofty ideas ; a rough fubject VOL . II . A fubject is imitated by harfh ...
... fome refemblance to the mo- tion they fignify . The imitative power of words goes one step farther : the loftinefs of fome words makes them proper fymbols of lofty ideas ; a rough fubject VOL . II . A fubject is imitated by harfh ...
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... mouth . By varying this cavity , the different vowels are founded for the air in paffing through cavities differing in fize produceth A 2 produceth various founds , fome high or fharp , fome SECT . I. 5 Beauty of Language .
... mouth . By varying this cavity , the different vowels are founded for the air in paffing through cavities differing in fize produceth A 2 produceth various founds , fome high or fharp , fome SECT . I. 5 Beauty of Language .
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... fome high or fharp , fome low or flat : a fmall cavity occafions a high found , a large cavity a low found . The five vowels accord- ingly , pronounced with the fame extenfion of the wind - pipe , but with different openings of the ...
... fome high or fharp , fome low or flat : a fmall cavity occafions a high found , a large cavity a low found . The five vowels accord- ingly , pronounced with the fame extenfion of the wind - pipe , but with different openings of the ...
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... fome words which arifes from their fignification , when the emotion raifed by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothnefs , of the found , resembles in any degree what is raised by * Iralian words , like thofe of Latin and ...
... fome words which arifes from their fignification , when the emotion raifed by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothnefs , of the found , resembles in any degree what is raised by * Iralian words , like thofe of Latin and ...
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... fome it carries the fenfe that they relish the moft ; and by fuggefting various meanings at once , it is admired by others as con- cife and comprehenfive : which by the way fairly ac- counts for the opinion generally entertained with re ...
... fome it carries the fenfe that they relish the moft ; and by fuggefting various meanings at once , it is admired by others as con- cife and comprehenfive : which by the way fairly ac- counts for the opinion generally entertained with re ...
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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