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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... : From the Prefs OF SAMUEL ETHERIDGE , For 7. WHITE , THOMAS & ANDREWS , W. SPOTSWOOD , D. WEST , W. P. BLAKE , E. LARKIN , & J. WEST . M DCC XCVI , ELEMENTS CRITICISM : CHAPTER XVIII . Beauty of Language . ELEMENTS OF ...
... : From the Prefs OF SAMUEL ETHERIDGE , For 7. WHITE , THOMAS & ANDREWS , W. SPOTSWOOD , D. WEST , W. P. BLAKE , E. LARKIN , & J. WEST . M DCC XCVI , ELEMENTS CRITICISM : CHAPTER XVIII . Beauty of Language . ELEMENTS OF ...
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... Language . Of all the fine arts , painting only and fculpture are in their nature imitative . An orna- mented field is not a copy or imitation of nature , but nature itself embellished . Architecture is produc- tive of originals , and ...
... Language . Of all the fine arts , painting only and fculpture are in their nature imitative . An orna- mented field is not a copy or imitation of nature , but nature itself embellished . Architecture is produc- tive of originals , and ...
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... Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently fenfi- ble when a thought is communicated with perfpicuity and fprightlinefs . This beauty of language , arifing from its power of expreffing thought ...
... Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently fenfi- ble when a thought is communicated with perfpicuity and fprightlinefs . This beauty of language , arifing from its power of expreffing thought ...
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... language above mentioned , being of different kinds , ought to be handled fepa- rately . I fhall begin with thofe beauties of lan- guage that arife from found ; after which will follow the beauties of language confidered as fignificant ...
... language above mentioned , being of different kinds , ought to be handled fepa- rately . I fhall begin with thofe beauties of lan- guage that arife from found ; after which will follow the beauties of language confidered as fignificant ...
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... language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfec- tion ; and this felection , at the fame time , would abridge the number of ufeful founds , fo as perhaps not to leave fufficient for answering the different ends of language ...
... language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfec- tion ; and this felection , at the fame time , would abridge the number of ufeful founds , fo as perhaps not to leave fufficient for answering the different ends of language ...
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