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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... rule is laid down by Diomedes . " In ver- bis obfervandum eft , ne a majoribus ad minora de- fcendat oratio ; melius enim dicitur , Vir eft optimus , quam , Vir optimus eft . " This rule is alfo applicable to entire members of a period ...
... rule is laid down by Diomedes . " In ver- bis obfervandum eft , ne a majoribus ad minora de- fcendat oratio ; melius enim dicitur , Vir eft optimus , quam , Vir optimus eft . " This rule is alfo applicable to entire members of a period ...
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... rule for arranging the members of different periods with relation to each other , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and cadence , the ar- rangement , the cadence , and the length of the mem- bers , ought to be diverfified as ...
... rule for arranging the members of different periods with relation to each other , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and cadence , the ar- rangement , the cadence , and the length of the mem- bers , ought to be diverfified as ...
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... rules I fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge rightly , be agreeable illustrations of these principles ... rules that di- rect us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their arrangement . And ...
... rules I fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge rightly , be agreeable illustrations of these principles ... rules that di- rect us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their arrangement . And ...
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... rule , That perfpicuity ought not to be facrificed to any other beauty whatever if it fhould be doubted whether perfpicuity be a pofitive beauty , it cannot be doubted that the want of it is the greatest defect . Nothing therefore in ...
... rule , That perfpicuity ought not to be facrificed to any other beauty whatever if it fhould be doubted whether perfpicuity be a pofitive beauty , it cannot be doubted that the want of it is the greatest defect . Nothing therefore in ...
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... rule in order , because next in import- ance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to the fubject heroic actions or fentiments require el- evated language ; tender fentiments ought to be ex- preffed in words foft and flowing ...
... rule in order , because next in import- ance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to the fubject heroic actions or fentiments require el- evated language ; tender fentiments ought to be ex- preffed in words foft and flowing ...
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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