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Page 315
... period as well as a work is commenced . In the progress , the mind warms , and has a greater relish for matters of importance . When a circum- stance is placed at the beginning or near the beginning of the period , the transition from ...
... period as well as a work is commenced . In the progress , the mind warms , and has a greater relish for matters of importance . When a circum- stance is placed at the beginning or near the beginning of the period , the transition from ...
Page 318
... period , it is of importance to determine in what part of it a word makes the greatest figure , whether in the begin- ning , during the currency , or at the close . The breaking filence rouses the attention to what is faid ; and ...
... period , it is of importance to determine in what part of it a word makes the greatest figure , whether in the begin- ning , during the currency , or at the close . The breaking filence rouses the attention to what is faid ; and ...
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... period , is undoubtedly the fame with the natural order of the ideas that compofe the thought . The tendency of many of the foregoing rules , is to fubstitute an artificial arrangement , in order to reach fome beauty either of found or ...
... period , is undoubtedly the fame with the natural order of the ideas that compofe the thought . The tendency of many of the foregoing rules , is to fubstitute an artificial arrangement , in order to reach fome beauty either of found or ...
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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