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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... termed ver- bal antithefis , is ftudied by low writers , because of a certain degree of livelinefs in it . They do not con- fider how incongruous it is , in a grave compofition , to cheat the reader , and to make him expect a con B4 ...
... termed ver- bal antithefis , is ftudied by low writers , because of a certain degree of livelinefs in it . They do not con- fider how incongruous it is , in a grave compofition , to cheat the reader , and to make him expect a con B4 ...
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... termed natural : witness the following examples . In the fincerity of my heart , I profess , & c . By our own ill management , we are brought to fo low an ebb of wealth and credit , that , & c . On Thursday morning there was little or ...
... termed natural : witness the following examples . In the fincerity of my heart , I profess , & c . By our own ill management , we are brought to fo low an ebb of wealth and credit , that , & c . On Thursday morning there was little or ...
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... termed a climax in fenfe , has efcaped lord Bolingbroke in the firft member of the following period . Let but one great , brave , difinterested , active man arife , and he will be received , followed , and alinoft adored . The following ...
... termed a climax in fenfe , has efcaped lord Bolingbroke in the firft member of the following period . Let but one great , brave , difinterested , active man arife , and he will be received , followed , and alinoft adored . The following ...
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... termed natural , which correfponds to the nat- ural order of the ideas that compofe the thought . The tendency of many of the foregoing rules is to fubstitute an artificial arrangement , in order to catch fome beauty either of found or ...
... termed natural , which correfponds to the nat- ural order of the ideas that compofe the thought . The tendency of many of the foregoing rules is to fubstitute an artificial arrangement , in order to catch fome beauty either of found or ...
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... termed an anticlimax , where the progrefs is from great to little ; for this has the effect to make diminutive objects appear still more diminutive . Horace affords a ftriking ex- ample . Parturiunt montes , nafcetur ridiculus mus . The ...
... termed an anticlimax , where the progrefs is from great to little ; for this has the effect to make diminutive objects appear still more diminutive . Horace affords a ftriking ex- ample . Parturiunt montes , nafcetur ridiculus mus . The ...
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