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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... permit ; and in the latter , the laft fyllable is generally long . For example , Senator in English , Senator in Latin , and Senateur in French . by the fenfe , we feel a very remarkable pleasure Beauty of Language . CH . XVIII .
... permit ; and in the latter , the laft fyllable is generally long . For example , Senator in English , Senator in Latin , and Senateur in French . by the fenfe , we feel a very remarkable pleasure Beauty of Language . CH . XVIII .
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... pleasure . But this fubject belongs to the third fection . The foregoing obfervations afford a standard to every nation , for eftimating , pretty accurately , the comparative merit of the words that enter into their own language : but ...
... pleasure . But this fubject belongs to the third fection . The foregoing obfervations afford a standard to every nation , for eftimating , pretty accurately , the comparative merit of the words that enter into their own language : but ...
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... pleasure of found , be denominated à climax in found . The laft article is the mufic of periods as united in a discourse ; which fhall be dispatched in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind ...
... pleasure of found , be denominated à climax in found . The laft article is the mufic of periods as united in a discourse ; which fhall be dispatched in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind ...
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... pleasure ; * but where the impreffions made by the thought and the words are diffimilar , the unnatural union they are forced into is difagreeable . † This concordance between the thought and the words has been obferved by every critic ...
... pleasure ; * but where the impreffions made by the thought and the words are diffimilar , the unnatural union they are forced into is difagreeable . † This concordance between the thought and the words has been obferved by every critic ...
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... pleasure we feel resembles that of seeing a stroke ex- erted upon a body by the whole collected force of the agent . On the other hand , where a period is fo conftructed as to admit more than one complete clofe in the fenfe , the ...
... pleasure we feel resembles that of seeing a stroke ex- erted upon a body by the whole collected force of the agent . On the other hand , where a period is fo conftructed as to admit more than one complete clofe in the fenfe , the ...
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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