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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... greater fize than the first , the third of no greater fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft ; which diminifheth in appearance the fize of every object except the firft : but when , be- ginning at the greatest object , we proceed ...
... greater fize than the first , the third of no greater fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft ; which diminifheth in appearance the fize of every object except the firft : but when , be- ginning at the greatest object , we proceed ...
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... greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the great- er . In arranging the members of a period , no writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the following ex- amples out of many , will not fuffer me to flur them over by a reference ...
... greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the great- er . In arranging the members of a period , no writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the following ex- amples out of many , will not fuffer me to flur them over by a reference ...
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... greater ufe to human beings ? The prefent fubject is too extenfive to be difcuffed without dividing it into parts ; and what follows fuggefts a divifion into two parts . In every period , two things are to be regarded : firft , the ...
... greater ufe to human beings ? The prefent fubject is too extenfive to be difcuffed without dividing it into parts ; and what follows fuggefts a divifion into two parts . In every period , two things are to be regarded : firft , the ...
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... greater pain about the foregoing paffages , than about any I have ventured to criticife , being aware that a vague or obfcure expreffion , is apt to gain favour with those who neglect to examine it with a critical eye . To fome it ...
... greater pain about the foregoing paffages , than about any I have ventured to criticife , being aware that a vague or obfcure expreffion , is apt to gain favour with those who neglect to examine it with a critical eye . To fome it ...
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... greater deviation from congruity , to af fect not only variety in the words , but also in the conftruction . Defcribing Thermopylae , Titus Livi us fays , Id jugum , ficut Apennini dorfo Italia dividitur , ita me- diam Græciam diremit ...
... greater deviation from congruity , to af fect not only variety in the words , but also in the conftruction . Defcribing Thermopylae , Titus Livi us fays , Id jugum , ficut Apennini dorfo Italia dividitur , ita me- diam Græciam diremit ...
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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