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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... must be heard if neither of them be fuppreffed . For the fame reason , every fyllable must be compofed of as many founds as there are letters , fuppofing every letter to be dif- tinely pronounced . We next inquire , how far fyllables ...
... must be heard if neither of them be fuppreffed . For the fame reason , every fyllable must be compofed of as many founds as there are letters , fuppofing every letter to be dif- tinely pronounced . We next inquire , how far fyllables ...
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... must be fenfible , that the dipththong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e ...
... must be fenfible , that the dipththong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e ...
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... must alfo take under confideration , the effect of fyllables in fucceffion . In the first place , fyllables in immedi- ate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a ...
... must alfo take under confideration , the effect of fyllables in fucceffion . In the first place , fyllables in immedi- ate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a ...
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... 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 power ...
... 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 power ...
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... must be distinguish- ed from fuch as do not . Subftantives commonly imply no relation ; fuch as animal , man , tree , river . Adjectives , verbs , and adverbs , imply a relation : the adjective good muft relate to fome being poffeffed ...
... must be distinguish- ed from fuch as do not . Subftantives commonly imply no relation ; fuch as animal , man , tree , river . Adjectives , verbs , and adverbs , imply a relation : the adjective good muft relate to fome being poffeffed ...
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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