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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... tion they fignify . The imitative power of words goes one step farther : the loftinefs of fome words makes them proper fymbols of lofty ideas ; a rough fubject VOL . II . A fubject is imitated by harfh - founding words ; and ELEMENTS ...
... tion they fignify . The imitative power of words goes one step farther : the loftinefs of fome words makes them proper fymbols of lofty ideas ; a rough fubject VOL . II . A fubject is imitated by harfh - founding words ; and ELEMENTS ...
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... tion ; and this felection , at the fame time , would abridge the number of ufeful founds , fo as perhaps not to leave fufficient for answering the different ends of language . In this view , the harmony of pronunciation dif- fers widely ...
... tion ; and this felection , at the fame time , would abridge the number of ufeful founds , fo as perhaps not to leave fufficient for answering the different ends of language . In this view , the harmony of pronunciation dif- fers widely ...
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... tion which is afforded by inculcat- ing , & c . The bad effect of fuch change of perfon is remarka- ble in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for ...
... tion which is afforded by inculcat- ing , & c . The bad effect of fuch change of perfon is remarka- ble in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for ...
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... tion which they modify . When a relative word is introduced , it must be fignified by the expreffion to what word it relates , without which the fenfe is not complete . For answering that purpose , I obferve in Greek and Latin two ...
... tion which they modify . When a relative word is introduced , it must be fignified by the expreffion to what word it relates , without which the fenfe is not complete . For answering that purpose , I obferve in Greek and Latin two ...
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... tion . In nature , though a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our conception of thefe , a material difference may be remarked . I cannot conceive a quality but as belong- ing to fome ...
... tion . In nature , though a fubject cannot exist without its qualities , nor a quality without a fubject ; yet in our conception of thefe , a material difference may be remarked . I cannot conceive a quality but as belong- ing to fome ...
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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