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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... writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the following ex- amples out of many , will not fuffer me to flur them over by a reference . Quicum quæftor fueram , Quicum me fors confuetudoque majorum , Quicum me deorum hominumque judicium ...
... writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the following ex- amples out of many , will not fuffer me to flur them over by a reference . Quicum quæftor fueram , Quicum me fors confuetudoque majorum , Quicum me deorum hominumque judicium ...
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... writer , * « That T by means of speech we can divert our forrows , min- gle our mirth , impart our fecrets , communicate our counfels , and make mutual compacts and agreements to fupply and affift each other . " Confidering speech as ...
... writer , * « That T by means of speech we can divert our forrows , min- gle our mirth , impart our fecrets , communicate our counfels , and make mutual compacts and agreements to fupply and affift each other . " Confidering speech as ...
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... writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most cel- ebrated authors . Livy , fpeaking of a rout after a battle . Multique in ruina majore quam fuga oppreffi obtrun- catique . L. 4. § 46 . This author is ...
... writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most cel- ebrated authors . Livy , fpeaking of a rout after a battle . Multique in ruina majore quam fuga oppreffi obtrun- catique . L. 4. § 46 . This author is ...
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... writers it paffes for a beauty . It is the giving different names to the fame object , mentioned oftener than once in the fame period . Example : fpeaking of the English adven- turers who first attempted the conqueft of Ireland , " and ...
... writers it paffes for a beauty . It is the giving different names to the fame object , mentioned oftener than once in the fame period . Example : fpeaking of the English adven- turers who first attempted the conqueft of Ireland , " and ...
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... writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť the neglect of it is remarkably difagreeable For example , " He did not mention Leonora , nor that her father was dead . " Better thus : " He did not mention Leonora , nor her father's ...
... writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť the neglect of it is remarkably difagreeable For example , " He did not mention Leonora , nor that her father was dead . " Better thus : " He did not mention Leonora , nor her father's ...
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