Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 235
... beauty of lan- guage , arifing from its power of expreffing thought , is apt to be confounded with the beauty of the thought expreffed ; which beauty , by a natural tranfition of feeling a- mong things intimately connected , is con- Gg ...
... beauty of lan- guage , arifing from its power of expreffing thought , is apt to be confounded with the beauty of the thought expreffed ; which beauty , by a natural tranfition of feeling a- mong things intimately connected , is con- Gg ...
Page 256
... beauty whatever . If it should be doubted whether perfpicuity be a pofitive beauty , it cannot be doubted , that the want of it is the greatest defect . Nothing therefore in the structure of language ought more to be ftudied , than to ...
... beauty whatever . If it should be doubted whether perfpicuity be a pofitive beauty , it cannot be doubted , that the want of it is the greatest defect . Nothing therefore in the structure of language ought more to be ftudied , than to ...
Page 333
... beauty of inverfion when happily conducted ; the beauty , not of an end , but of means , as furnishing opportunity for num- berlefs ornaments that find no place in a natu- ral style . Hence the force , the elevation , the harmony , the ...
... beauty of inverfion when happily conducted ; the beauty , not of an end , but of means , as furnishing opportunity for num- berlefs ornaments that find no place in a natu- ral style . Hence the force , the elevation , the harmony , the ...
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt betwixt cafe caſe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſcover diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome fpectator ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inſtead inverfion itſelf Jane Shore juſt language laſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muſical muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome Spondees ſtill ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words