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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... words , which , befide their customary power of exciting ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the founds defcribed ; and there are words which , by the celerity or flowness of pronunciation , have fome refemblance to the mo ...
... words , which , befide their customary power of exciting ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the founds defcribed ; and there are words which , by the celerity or flowness of pronunciation , have fome refemblance to the mo ...
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... words ; and words of many fyllables pronounced flow and smooth , are expreflive of grief and melancholy . Words have a feparate effect on the mind , abftracting from their fignification and from their imitative power : they are more or ...
... words ; and words of many fyllables pronounced flow and smooth , are expreflive of grief and melancholy . Words have a feparate effect on the mind , abftracting from their fignification and from their imitative power : they are more or ...
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... word is attended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third fection come thofe fingular beauties of lan ... words united in a period : and in the last place , periods united in a difcourfe . With refpect to the firft article ...
... word is attended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third fection come thofe fingular beauties of lan ... words united in a period : and in the last place , periods united in a difcourfe . With refpect to the firft article ...
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... word intereft , and as in other words beginning with the fyllable in ; the letter e , as in perfuafion ; the lettera as in bat ; and the letter 2 as in umber , ficulty ; and it is a noted obfervation , That 6 CH . XVIII . Beauty of ...
... word intereft , and as in other words beginning with the fyllable in ; the letter e , as in perfuafion ; the lettera as in bat ; and the letter 2 as in umber , ficulty ; and it is a noted obfervation , That 6 CH . XVIII . Beauty of ...
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... words which make the third article . Monofyllables belong to the former head polyfyllables open a different scene . In a curfory view , one would imagine , that the ; the agreeablenefs or difagreeablenefs of a word with refpect to A 3 ...
... words which make the third article . Monofyllables belong to the former head polyfyllables open a different scene . In a curfory view , one would imagine , that the ; the agreeablenefs or difagreeablenefs of a word with refpect to A 3 ...
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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