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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... particular founds , lan- guage fometimes furnifheth words , which , befide their customary power of exciting ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the founds defcribed ; and there are words which , by the celerity or flowness ...
... particular founds , lan- guage fometimes furnifheth words , which , befide their customary power of exciting ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the founds defcribed ; and there are words which , by the celerity or flowness ...
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... particular to trace the fev- eral degrees in which an inverted ftyle recedes more and more from that which is natural . And first , as to the placing a circumftance before the word with which it is connected , I obferve , that it is the ...
... particular to trace the fev- eral degrees in which an inverted ftyle recedes more and more from that which is natural . And first , as to the placing a circumftance before the word with which it is connected , I obferve , that it is the ...
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... particular quality : I can , for example , form the idea of a fine Arabian horfe without regard to his colour , or of a white horse without regard to his fize . Such partial conception of a fubject , is ftill more ea- fy with respect to ...
... particular quality : I can , for example , form the idea of a fine Arabian horfe without regard to his colour , or of a white horse without regard to his fize . Such partial conception of a fubject , is ftill more ea- fy with respect to ...
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... particular , long periods ought to be avoided till the reader's attention be thoroughly engaged ; and therefore a difcourfe , efpecially of the familiar kind , ought never to be introduced with a long period . For that reafon , the ...
... particular , long periods ought to be avoided till the reader's attention be thoroughly engaged ; and therefore a difcourfe , efpecially of the familiar kind , ought never to be introduced with a long period . For that reafon , the ...
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... particular , who in a very long paffage has given very few exam- ples but what are of the latter kind . † · That there may be a refemblance of articulate founds to fome that are not articulate , is felf - evident ; and that in fact ...
... particular , who in a very long paffage has given very few exam- ples but what are of the latter kind . † · That there may be a refemblance of articulate founds to fome that are not articulate , is felf - evident ; and that in fact ...
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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