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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... ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the founds defcribed ; and there are words which , by the celerity or flowness of pronunciation , have fome refemblance to the mo- tion they fignify . The imitative power of words goes one ...
... ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the founds defcribed ; and there are words which , by the celerity or flowness of pronunciation , have fome refemblance to the mo- tion they fignify . The imitative power of words goes one ...
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... ideas , must be one of its capital beauties . This caufe of beauty , is too ex- tenfive to be handled as a branch of any other fub- ject for to afcertain with accuracy even the proper meaning of words , not to talk of their figurative ...
... ideas , must be one of its capital beauties . This caufe of beauty , is too ex- tenfive to be handled as a branch of any other fub- ject for to afcertain with accuracy even the proper meaning of words , not to talk of their figurative ...
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... ideas are artificially connected by fubjecting them both to the regimen of one verb . And the two following are of the fame kind . Quum ex paucis quotidie aliqui eorum caderent aut vul- nerarentur , et qui fuperarent , felli et ...
... ideas are artificially connected by fubjecting them both to the regimen of one verb . And the two following are of the fame kind . Quum ex paucis quotidie aliqui eorum caderent aut vul- nerarentur , et qui fuperarent , felli et ...
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... ideas little connected , are however forced into an ar- tificial union . Here is the paffage : very TM Germania ... ideas are fo connected as to require but a copulative , it is pleafant to find a connection in the words that exprefs ...
... ideas little connected , are however forced into an ar- tificial union . Here is the paffage : very TM Germania ... ideas are fo connected as to require but a copulative , it is pleafant to find a connection in the words that exprefs ...
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... ideas oppof- ed to each other . This is a fault too grofs to be in common practice ; and yet writers are guilty of it in fome degree , when they conjoin by a copulative , things tranfacted at different periods of time . Hence a want of ...
... ideas oppof- ed to each other . This is a fault too grofs to be in common practice ; and yet writers are guilty of it in fome degree , when they conjoin by a copulative , things tranfacted at different periods of time . Hence a want of ...
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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