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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... mentioned , is that which in the most perfect manner answers its end . The feveral beauties of language above mentioned , being of different kinds , ought to be handled fepa- rately . I fhall begin with thofe beauties of lan- guage that ...
... mentioned , is that which in the most perfect manner answers its end . The feveral beauties of language above mentioned , being of different kinds , ought to be handled fepa- rately . I fhall begin with thofe beauties of lan- guage that ...
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... mention , ed , there is a beauty of fome words which arifes from their fignification , when the emotion raifed by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothnefs , of the found , resembles in any degree what is raised by * Iralian ...
... mention , ed , there is a beauty of fome words which arifes from their fignification , when the emotion raifed by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothnefs , of the found , resembles in any degree what is raised by * Iralian ...
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... mentioned is infallible when applied to foreign languages as well as to our own for every man , whatever be his mother - tongue , is equally capable to judge of the length or fhortnefs of words , of the alternate opening and clofing of ...
... mentioned is infallible when applied to foreign languages as well as to our own for every man , whatever be his mother - tongue , is equally capable to judge of the length or fhortnefs of words , of the alternate opening and clofing of ...
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... mentioned , by fhowing a good example , did all in his power to restore that fyllable : and he well de- ferves to be imitated . Some exceptions however I would make . A word that fignifies labour or any thing harsh or rugged , ought not ...
... mentioned , by fhowing a good example , did all in his power to restore that fyllable : and he well de- ferves to be imitated . Some exceptions however I would make . A word that fignifies labour or any thing harsh or rugged , ought not ...
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... mention the rather becaufe with fome writers it paffes for a beauty . It is the giving different names to the fame object , mentioned oftener than once in the fame period . Example : fpeaking of the English adven- turers who first ...
... mention the rather becaufe with fome writers it paffes for a beauty . It is the giving different names to the fame object , mentioned oftener than once in the fame period . Example : fpeaking of the English adven- turers who first ...
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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