Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 256
... respect to the former , commu- nication of thought being the principal end of language , it is a rule , That perfpicuity ought not to be facrificed to any other beauty whatever . If it should be doubted whether perfpicuity be a pofitive ...
... respect to the former , commu- nication of thought being the principal end of language , it is a rule , That perfpicuity ought not to be facrificed to any other beauty whatever . If it should be doubted whether perfpicuity be a pofitive ...
Page 320
... respect due to a father and to a fon . The fubftance of what is faid in this and the foregoing section , upon the method of arranging the words of a period fo as to make the strongest impreffion with respect to found as well as ...
... respect due to a father and to a fon . The fubftance of what is faid in this and the foregoing section , upon the method of arranging the words of a period fo as to make the strongest impreffion with respect to found as well as ...
Page 363
... respect to the time taken in pronouncing , are distin- guished into long and fhort ; two short fyl- lables , with respect to time , being precisely equal to one long . These two lengths are effential to verfe of all kinds ; and to no ...
... respect to the time taken in pronouncing , are distin- guished into long and fhort ; two short fyl- lables , with respect to time , being precisely equal to one long . These two lengths are effential to verfe of all kinds ; and to no ...
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