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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... lefs agreeable to the ear , by the fulness , sweetness , faintnefs , or roughnefs of their tones . These are but faint beauties , being known to thofe only who have more than ordinary acutenefs of per- ception . Language poffeffeth a ...
... lefs agreeable to the ear , by the fulness , sweetness , faintnefs , or roughnefs of their tones . These are but faint beauties , being known to thofe only who have more than ordinary acutenefs of per- ception . Language poffeffeth a ...
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... lefs cavity than any vowel ; and confequently every fyllable into which a confonant enters , muft have more than one found , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one breath as commonly expreffed : for however readily ...
... lefs cavity than any vowel ; and confequently every fyllable into which a confonant enters , muft have more than one found , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one breath as commonly expreffed : for however readily ...
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... 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 . Quicum quæftor ...
... 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 . Quicum quæftor ...
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... lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair of fetting it in a clear light , except to thofe who are well acquainted with the general principles that govern the structure or compofition of language . In a thought , generally fpeaking ...
... lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair of fetting it in a clear light , except to thofe who are well acquainted with the general principles that govern the structure or compofition of language . In a thought , generally fpeaking ...
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... lefs neat than the English method of juxtapofition . Contiquity is more expreffive of an intimate relation , than refemblance merely of the final fallabies.- Latin indeed has evidently the advantage when the adjective and fubilant ve ...
... lefs neat than the English method of juxtapofition . Contiquity is more expreffive of an intimate relation , than refemblance merely of the final fallabies.- Latin indeed has evidently the advantage when the adjective and fubilant ve ...
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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