Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... words are ascertained with tole- rable accuracy , opportunity is afforded for expreffions , which , by the double meaning of fome words , give a familiar thought the appearance of being new . And the pene- tration of the reader or ...
... words are ascertained with tole- rable accuracy , opportunity is afforded for expreffions , which , by the double meaning of fome words , give a familiar thought the appearance of being new . And the pene- tration of the reader or ...
Page 207
... words that are soft and flowing : when the mind is depressed with any paffion , the fen- timents must be exprefled in words that are humble , not low . Words have an intimate connection with the ideas they reprefent ; and the ...
... words that are soft and flowing : when the mind is depressed with any paffion , the fen- timents must be exprefled in words that are humble , not low . Words have an intimate connection with the ideas they reprefent ; and the ...
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... words or materials for conftructing the period ; and the other confifts in a due arrangement of these words or materials . I fhall begin with rules that direct us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their ...
... words or materials for conftructing the period ; and the other confifts in a due arrangement of these words or materials . I fhall begin with rules that direct us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their ...
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