Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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Page 291
... circumstance connected by a prepofition , follows naturally the word with which it is connected . But this ar- rangement may be varied , when a different order is more beautiful . A circumstance may be placed before the word with which ...
... circumstance connected by a prepofition , follows naturally the word with which it is connected . But this ar- rangement may be varied , when a different order is more beautiful . A circumstance may be placed before the word with which ...
Page 294
... circumstance belongs to an inverted ftyle . To illustrate this doctrine examples being necessary , I shall begin with those where the word first introduced does not imply a relation . Nor I Nor Eve to iterate Her former trefpaís fear'd ...
... circumstance belongs to an inverted ftyle . To illustrate this doctrine examples being necessary , I shall begin with those where the word first introduced does not imply a relation . Nor I Nor Eve to iterate Her former trefpaís fear'd ...
Page 315
... circumstance be introduced , the better . Circumstances are proper for that coolness of mind , with which a period as well as a work is commenced . In the progress , the mind warms , and has a greater relish for matters of importance ...
... circumstance be introduced , the better . Circumstances are proper for that coolness of mind , with which a period as well as a work is commenced . In the progress , the mind warms , and has a greater relish for matters of importance ...
Contents
PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
DACTYLUS a long and two fhort | 8 |
PROCELEUSMATICUS four ſhort fyl | 13 |
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