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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... those who neglect to examine it with a critical eye . To fome it carries the fenfe that they relish the moft ; and by fuggefting various meanings at once , it is admired by others as con- cife and comprehenfive : which by the way fairly ...
... those who neglect to examine it with a critical eye . To fome it carries the fenfe that they relish the moft ; and by fuggefting various meanings at once , it is admired by others as con- cife and comprehenfive : which by the way fairly ...
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... those about him . Ibid . No. 73 . Better : The wife man is happy when he gains his own appro- bation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . Sicut in frugibus pecudibufque , non tantum femina að fervandum indolem valent , quantum ...
... those about him . Ibid . No. 73 . Better : The wife man is happy when he gains his own appro- bation ; the fool , when he gains that of others . Sicut in frugibus pecudibufque , non tantum femina að fervandum indolem valent , quantum ...
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... those methods for the advance- ment of piety , which by a strict execution of the laws , are in the power of a prince limited like ours . This morning , when one of Lady Lizard's daughters was This SECT . II . 45 Beauty of Language ...
... those methods for the advance- ment of piety , which by a strict execution of the laws , are in the power of a prince limited like ours . This morning , when one of Lady Lizard's daughters was This SECT . II . 45 Beauty of Language ...
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... those of a natural ftyle . It may with great certainty be pronounced , that every inverfion which is not gov- erned Reflections fur la poësie Françoife . * erned by this rule , will appear harth and 66 CH . XVIII Beauty of Language ..
... those of a natural ftyle . It may with great certainty be pronounced , that every inverfion which is not gov- erned Reflections fur la poësie Françoife . * erned by this rule , will appear harth and 66 CH . XVIII Beauty of Language ..
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... those who are defective in tafte , from the following fact , that the term movement in all languages is equally applied to both . In this manner , fucceffive motion , fuch as walking , running , galloping , can be imitated by a ...
... those who are defective in tafte , from the following fact , that the term movement in all languages is equally applied to both . In this manner , fucceffive motion , fuch as walking , running , galloping , can be imitated by a ...
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