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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... use he hath for them ; but if founds that are agreeable fingly , were not alfo agreeable in conjunction , the neceffity of a painful felection would render language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfec- tion ; and this ...
... use he hath for them ; but if founds that are agreeable fingly , were not alfo agreeable in conjunction , the neceffity of a painful felection would render language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfec- tion ; and this ...
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... circumstance in epic poe- try , I doubt whether , in any language , a single instance could be given of this fpecies of compofition . Some Some of our most eminent divines have made use of 62 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
... circumstance in epic poe- try , I doubt whether , in any language , a single instance could be given of this fpecies of compofition . Some Some of our most eminent divines have made use of 62 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language .
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... use of this Platonic notion , as far as it regards the fubfiftence of our paffions after death , with great beauty and ftrength of reason . Better thus : Spectator , No. 9o . Some of our moft eminent divines have with great beauty and ...
... use of this Platonic notion , as far as it regards the fubfiftence of our paffions after death , with great beauty and ftrength of reason . Better thus : Spectator , No. 9o . Some of our moft eminent divines have with great beauty and ...
Page 82
... use of profe ; which , for the reafon now given , is not con- fined to precife rules . There belongs to it , a cer- tain melody of an inferior kind , which ought to be the aim of every writer ; but for fucceeding in it , practice is ...
... use of profe ; which , for the reafon now given , is not con- fined to precife rules . There belongs to it , a cer- tain melody of an inferior kind , which ought to be the aim of every writer ; but for fucceeding in it , practice is ...
Page 86
... use of Dactyles and Spondees , feems not bevond the reach of conje & tare . To produce melody , the Dactyle and the Sondee , which clofe every Hexameter line , muft be diflinctly expreffed in the pronunciation . This difcovery joined ...
... use of Dactyles and Spondees , feems not bevond the reach of conje & tare . To produce melody , the Dactyle and the Sondee , which clofe every Hexameter line , muft be diflinctly expreffed in the pronunciation . This difcovery joined ...
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