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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... muft be diftin- guifhed from each other . They are in reality fo dif- tinct , that we fometimes are confcious of the highest pleafure language can afford , when the fubject ex- preffed is difagreeable : a thing that is loathfome , or a ...
... muft be diftin- guifhed from each other . They are in reality fo dif- tinct , that we fometimes are confcious of the highest pleafure language can afford , when the fubject ex- preffed is difagreeable : a thing that is loathfome , or a ...
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... muft have more than one found , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one breath as commonly expreffed : for however readily two founds may unite , yet where they differ in tone , both of them must be heard if neither ...
... muft have more than one found , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one breath as commonly expreffed : for however readily two founds may unite , yet where they differ in tone , both of them must be heard if neither ...
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... muft judge for itself ; nor can there be any folid ground for a preference , when there is no common ftandard to which we can ap- peal . The cafe is precifely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity ...
... muft judge for itself ; nor can there be any folid ground for a preference , when there is no common ftandard to which we can ap- peal . The cafe is precifely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity ...
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... muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the finoother language . * This appears all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other circumftances that conftitute the ...
... muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the finoother language . * This appears all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other circumftances that conftitute the ...
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... muft confult the context before we can gather the true meaning ; which is , that the Greeks were confirmed in the belief of their established religion by thefe majeftic ftatues , fo like real divinities . There may be a defect in ...
... muft confult the context before we can gather the true meaning ; which is , that the Greeks were confirmed in the belief of their established religion by thefe majeftic ftatues , fo like real divinities . There may be a defect in ...
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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