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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... nature imitative . An orna- mented field is not a copy or imitation of nature , but nature itself embellished . Architecture is produc- tive of originals , and copies not from nature . Sound and motion may in fome measure be imitated by ...
... nature imitative . An orna- mented field is not a copy or imitation of nature , but nature itself embellished . Architecture is produc- tive of originals , and copies not from nature . Sound and motion may in fome measure be imitated by ...
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... nature . has thought fit to mingle from time to time , among the fo- cieties of men , a few , and but a few of thofe on whom he is gracioutly plcafed to bestow a larger proportion of the ethe- rial fpirit than is given in the ordinary ...
... nature . has thought fit to mingle from time to time , among the fo- cieties of men , a few , and but a few of thofe on whom he is gracioutly plcafed to bestow a larger proportion of the ethe- rial fpirit than is given in the ordinary ...
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... nature , the rude and illiterate have been led to a method fo perfect , as to appear not fufceptible of any improvement ; and the next step in our progrefs fhall be to explain that method . Words that import a relation , must be ...
... nature , the rude and illiterate have been led to a method fo perfect , as to appear not fufceptible of any improvement ; and the next step in our progrefs fhall be to explain that method . Words that import a relation , must be ...
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... nature , though a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our conception of thefe , a material difference may be remarked . I cannot conceive a quality but as belong- ing to fome fubject ...
... nature , though a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our conception of thefe , a material difference may be remarked . I cannot conceive a quality but as belong- ing to fome fubject ...
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... natural tranfition of perception , it is communicated to the very found of the words , fo as in appearance to improve the ... nature , prone in every inftance to place together things in any manner connected : * where things are arranged ...
... natural tranfition of perception , it is communicated to the very found of the words , fo as in appearance to improve the ... nature , prone in every inftance to place together things in any manner connected : * where things are arranged ...
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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