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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... light to darknefs ; and therefore to connect artificially the terms that fignify thefe things cannot have a sweet effect . Two members of a thought connected by their re- lation to the fame action , will naturally be expreffed by two ...
... light to darknefs ; and therefore to connect artificially the terms that fignify thefe things cannot have a sweet effect . Two members of a thought connected by their re- lation to the fame action , will naturally be expreffed by two ...
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... light wife doth make a heavy husband . Merchant of Venice . Here is ftudied oppofition in the words , not only without any oppofition in the fenfe , but even where there is a very intimate connection , that of caufe and effect ; for it ...
... light wife doth make a heavy husband . Merchant of Venice . Here is ftudied oppofition in the words , not only without any oppofition in the fenfe , but even where there is a very intimate connection , that of caufe and effect ; for it ...
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... 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 , there is at leaft one capital object confidered as acting or as ...
... 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 , there is at leaft one capital object confidered as acting or as ...
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... light upon the fubject : for if a natural ftyle be in itfelf agreeable , a tranfpofed ftyle cannot be fo ; and therefore its agreeableness must arise from admitting fome pofitive beauty that is excluded in a natural ftyle . To be ...
... light upon the fubject : for if a natural ftyle be in itfelf agreeable , a tranfpofed ftyle cannot be fo ; and therefore its agreeableness must arise from admitting fome pofitive beauty that is excluded in a natural ftyle . To be ...
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... light militia of the lower fky Connecting particles were invented to unite in a pe- riod two fubftances fignifying things occafionally unit- ed in the thought , but which have no natural union : and between two things not only feparable ...
... light militia of the lower fky Connecting particles were invented to unite in a pe- riod two fubftances fignifying things occafionally unit- ed in the thought , but which have no natural union : and between two things not only feparable ...
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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