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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... verse are handled in the laft fection : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many peculiar beauties , which for the fake of connection must be brought under one view ; and ...
... verse are handled in the laft fection : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many peculiar beauties , which for the fake of connection must be brought under one view ; and ...
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... verse from profe ; and yet he pretends not to fay , that it . hath any other effect but to raise furprise ; he must mean curiofity , which is done by fufpending the thought during the period , and bringing it out en- tire at the clofe ...
... verse from profe ; and yet he pretends not to fay , that it . hath any other effect but to raise furprise ; he must mean curiofity , which is done by fufpending the thought during the period , and bringing it out en- tire at the clofe ...
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... verse has a very fenfible melody : that , on the other hand , of an Iambic , is extremely faint . * כח- ody This more perfect melody of articulate founds , is what diftinguisheth verfe from profe . Verfe is fub- jected to certain ...
... verse has a very fenfible melody : that , on the other hand , of an Iambic , is extremely faint . * כח- ody This more perfect melody of articulate founds , is what diftinguisheth verfe from profe . Verfe is fub- jected to certain ...
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... verse ; which perhaps may carry me farther than the reader will choofe to follow . The obfervations I fhall have occafion to make , will at any rate be fufficient for a fpecimen ; and thefe , with proper variations , may easily be ...
... verse ; which perhaps may carry me farther than the reader will choofe to follow . The obfervations I fhall have occafion to make , will at any rate be fufficient for a fpecimen ; and thefe , with proper variations , may easily be ...
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... verse , and which made Ariftotle pronounce , that an epic poem in any other verfe would not fucceed . * One defect , however , muft not be diffembled , that the fame means which contribute to the richness of the melody , render it lefs ...
... verse , and which made Ariftotle pronounce , that an epic poem in any other verfe would not fucceed . * One defect , however , muft not be diffembled , that the fame means which contribute to the richness of the melody , render it lefs ...
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