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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... These are but faint beauties , being known to thofe only who have more than ordinary acutenefs of per- ception . Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently fenfi- ble when a thought is ...
... These are but faint beauties , being known to thofe only who have more than ordinary acutenefs of per- ception . Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently fenfi- ble when a thought is ...
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... these vowels pronounced fingly the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or than any vowel . And in fupport of ex- perience , a fatisfactory argument ...
... these vowels pronounced fingly the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or than any vowel . And in fupport of ex- perience , a fatisfactory argument ...
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... these particulars , the judgment is fufceptible of no prejudice from cuftom , at least of no invincible prejudice . That the English tongue , originally harsh , is at prefent much foftened by dropping in the pronuncia- tion many ...
... these particulars , the judgment is fufceptible of no prejudice from cuftom , at least of no invincible prejudice . That the English tongue , originally harsh , is at prefent much foftened by dropping in the pronuncia- tion many ...
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... 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 cadence , the ar- rangement , the cadence , and ...
... 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 cadence , the ar- rangement , the cadence , and ...
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... these principles . Every fubject must be of importance that tends to unfold the human heart ; for what other science is of greater ufe to human beings ? The prefent fubject is too extenfive to be difcuffed without dividing it into parts ...
... these principles . Every fubject must be of importance that tends to unfold the human heart ; for what other science is of greater ufe to human beings ? The prefent fubject is too extenfive to be difcuffed without dividing it into parts ...
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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