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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... must be poffeffed of the thought before he can put it into words , is but ill qualified to judge whether the expreffion be fuf- ficiently clear to others in that partic- ular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader ...
... must be poffeffed of the thought before he can put it into words , is but ill qualified to judge whether the expreffion be fuf- ficiently clear to others in that partic- ular , he cannot avoid the taking on him to judge for the reader ...
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... must be delightful : and hence the fingular beauty of fmoke afcending in a calm morning . I am extremely fenfible of the difguft men generally have to abftract fpeculation ; and I would avoid it alto- gether , if it could be done in a ...
... must be delightful : and hence the fingular beauty of fmoke afcending in a calm morning . I am extremely fenfible of the difguft men generally have to abftract fpeculation ; and I would avoid it alto- gether , if it could be done in a ...
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... must ob- serve at the fame time , that full juftice is done to this incident , by confidering it to be an epifode ; for if it be a conftituent part of the principal action , the con- nection ought to be ftill more intimate . The fame ob ...
... must ob- serve at the fame time , that full juftice is done to this incident , by confidering it to be an epifode ; for if it be a conftituent part of the principal action , the con- nection ought to be ftill more intimate . The fame ob ...
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... must be for fome injury he has done me : and I cannot pity any one who is under no diftrefs of body nor of mind . The circumstances now mentioned , if they raise an emotion or paffion , cannot be entirely indifferent ; for if fo , they ...
... must be for fome injury he has done me : and I cannot pity any one who is under no diftrefs of body nor of mind . The circumstances now mentioned , if they raise an emotion or paffion , cannot be entirely indifferent ; for if fo , they ...
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... must be virtuous ; and to enjoy the pleafure of a charitable action , one muft think charity laudable at leaf , if not a duty . It is otherwife where a man gives charit ; merely for the fake of oflentation ; for this he may do without ...
... must be virtuous ; and to enjoy the pleafure of a charitable action , one muft think charity laudable at leaf , if not a duty . It is otherwife where a man gives charit ; merely for the fake of oflentation ; for this he may do without ...
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