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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... 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 are agreeable to the ear . Few tongues are fo polifhed , as ...
... 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 are agreeable to the ear . Few tongues are fo polifhed , as ...
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... reason for ftudying oppofition in the words which exprefs contrafted objects . This rule will be best illustrated by examples of deviations from it : A friend exaggerates a man's virtues , an enemy inflames his crimes . Spectator , No ...
... reason for ftudying oppofition in the words which exprefs contrafted objects . This rule will be best illustrated by examples of deviations from it : A friend exaggerates a man's virtues , an enemy inflames his crimes . Spectator , No ...
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... reason . Better thus : Spectator , No. 9o . Some of our moft eminent divines have with great beauty and ftrength of reafon , made ufe of this Platonic no- tion , & c . Men of the beft fenfe have been touched , more or lefs , with thefe ...
... reason . Better thus : Spectator , No. 9o . Some of our moft eminent divines have with great beauty and ftrength of reafon , made ufe of this Platonic no- tion , & c . Men of the beft fenfe have been touched , more or lefs , with thefe ...
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... reason , the rules are applicable to both equally . The conclud- ing paufe of the couplet is in a different condition : it refembles greatly the concluding paufe in an Hex- ameter line . Both of them indeed are fo remaika- ble , that ...
... reason , the rules are applicable to both equally . The conclud- ing paufe of the couplet is in a different condition : it refembles greatly the concluding paufe in an Hex- ameter line . Both of them indeed are fo remaika- ble , that ...
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... reason of which may be gathered from the chapter of Gran- deur and Sublimity ; and , without reasoning , will be evident from the following inftances : As when a flame the winding valley fills , And runs on crackling fhrubs between the ...
... reason of which may be gathered from the chapter of Gran- deur and Sublimity ; and , without reasoning , will be evident from the following inftances : As when a flame the winding valley fills , And runs on crackling fhrubs between 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