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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 7
... fuch founds are to the ear harsh and difagreeable . But .. with refpect to agreeable founds , it appears , that a double found is always more agreeable than a fingle found every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the dipththong ...
... fuch founds are to the ear harsh and difagreeable . But .. with refpect to agreeable founds , it appears , that a double found is always more agreeable than a fingle found every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the dipththong ...
Page 14
... fuch a number of objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or writing : and for that reafon , variety ought more to be ftudi- ed in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of ...
... fuch a number of objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or writing : and for that reafon , variety ought more to be ftudi- ed in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of ...
Page 29
... fuch members , they ought not only to be conftructed in the fame manner , but as nearly as pollible be equal in length . By neglecting this cit cumftance , the following example is defective in . neatnefs . As 憨 As the performance of ...
... fuch members , they ought not only to be conftructed in the fame manner , but as nearly as pollible be equal in length . By neglecting this cit cumftance , the following example is defective in . neatnefs . As 憨 As the performance of ...
Page 32
... fuch change of perfon is remarka- ble in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence , who confequently reduced the greateft part of the ...
... fuch change of perfon is remarka- ble in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence , who confequently reduced the greateft part of the ...
Page 36
... fuch a thought in words , it is not fufficient that the component ideas be clearly expreffed ; it is alfo neceffary , that all the relations contained in the thought ' be expreffed ac- cording to their different degrees of intimacy . To ...
... fuch a thought in words , it is not fufficient that the component ideas be clearly expreffed ; it is alfo neceffary , that all the relations contained in the thought ' be expreffed ac- cording to their different degrees of intimacy . To ...
Common terms and phrases
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