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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... and the fame effect is perceived in afcend- ing progreffively , till we arrive at the laft object . The oppofite * See the reafon , chap . 8 . oppofite effect is produced in defcending ; for in this 19 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
... and the fame effect is perceived in afcend- ing progreffively , till we arrive at the laft object . The oppofite * See the reafon , chap . 8 . oppofite effect is produced in defcending ; for in this 19 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
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... reafon , variety ought more to be ftudi- ed in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of different periods with relation to each other , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and ...
... reafon , variety ought more to be ftudi- ed in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of different periods with relation to each other , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and ...
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... reafon , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This laft , termed ver- bal antithefis , is ftudied by low writers , because of a certain degree of livelinefs in it . They do not ...
... reafon , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This laft , termed ver- bal antithefis , is ftudied by low writers , because of a certain degree of livelinefs in it . They do not ...
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... reafon I take to be what follows .. A continued found , if not loud , tends to lay us afleep : an inter- rupted found roufes and animates by its repeated im- pulfes . Thus feet compofed of fyllables , being pro- nounced with a fenfible ...
... reafon I take to be what follows .. A continued found , if not loud , tends to lay us afleep : an inter- rupted found roufes and animates by its repeated im- pulfes . Thus feet compofed of fyllables , being pro- nounced with a fenfible ...
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... reafon , hurry or quick action is beft expreffed without copulatives : Veni , vidi , vici . -Ite : Ferte citi flammas , date vela , impellite remos . Eneid . iv . 593- Quis globus , O civis , caligine volvitur atra ? Ferte citi ferrum ...
... reafon , hurry or quick action is beft expreffed without copulatives : Veni , vidi , vici . -Ite : Ferte citi flammas , date vela , impellite remos . Eneid . iv . 593- Quis globus , O civis , caligine volvitur atra ? Ferte citi ferrum ...
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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