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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... give offence , form the charac- ter of another people : to each the manners of the other are difagreeable . An effeminate mind cannot bear the leaft of that roughness and feverity which is generally esteemed manly , when exerted upon ...
... give offence , form the charac- ter of another people : to each the manners of the other are difagreeable . An effeminate mind cannot bear the leaft of that roughness and feverity which is generally esteemed manly , when exerted upon ...
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... gives ample opportunity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the finoother language . * This appears all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other ...
... gives ample opportunity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the finoother language . * This appears all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other ...
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... give a few examples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most cel- ebrated authors ...
... give a few examples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most cel- ebrated authors ...
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... give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with refemblances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters very much to exceed that of any other productions ...
... give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with refemblances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters very much to exceed that of any other productions ...
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... give another example of a period which is unpleas‐ ant , even by a very flight deviation from the rule : That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculcating an important moral truth , c . This exprefiion includes two perfons , one ...
... give another example of a period which is unpleas‐ ant , even by a very flight deviation from the rule : That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculcating an important moral truth , c . This exprefiion includes two perfons , one ...
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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