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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Page 11
... tafte is to fhorten words , even at the expenfe of making them disagreeable to the ear , and harsh in the pro- nunciation . But I have no occafion to infift upon this article , being prevented by an excellent writer , who poffeffed , if ...
... tafte is to fhorten words , even at the expenfe of making them disagreeable to the ear , and harsh in the pro- nunciation . But I have no occafion to infift upon this article , being prevented by an excellent writer , who poffeffed , if ...
Page 15
... tafte , as being connected with certain natural principles ; and the rules I fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge rightly , be agreeable illustrations of these principles . Every fubject must be of importance that tends ...
... tafte , as being connected with certain natural principles ; and the rules I fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge rightly , be agreeable illustrations of these principles . Every fubject must be of importance that tends ...
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... tafte by va- rying the expreffion in the mouth of Peter , who is represented more animated : " Bread , " fays he , " dear brothers , is the ftaff of life ; in which bread is contained , inclufive , the quinte ence of beef , muiton ...
... tafte by va- rying the expreffion in the mouth of Peter , who is represented more animated : " Bread , " fays he , " dear brothers , is the ftaff of life ; in which bread is contained , inclufive , the quinte ence of beef , muiton ...
Page 65
... tafte , will in time make the choice eafy . All that can be faid in general is , that in making a choice , found ought to yield to fignification . The tranfpofing words and members out of their natural order , fo remarkable in the ...
... tafte , will in time make the choice eafy . All that can be faid in general is , that in making a choice , found ought to yield to fignification . The tranfpofing words and members out of their natural order , fo remarkable in the ...
Page 69
... tafte , fmell , nor motion ; and as little can it refemble any internal fen- timent , feeling or emotion , But muft we then ad- mit , that nothing but found can be imitated by found ? Taking imitation in its proper fenfe , as importing ...
... tafte , fmell , nor motion ; and as little can it refemble any internal fen- timent , feeling or emotion , But muft we then ad- mit , that nothing but found can be imitated by found ? Taking imitation in its proper fenfe , as importing ...
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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