Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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Page 58
... sense cannot be complete . And when the verb happens to be the capital word , which is frequently the cafe , it ought at any rate to be put laft , according to another rule , above laid down . I proceed as ufual to illuftrate this rule ...
... sense cannot be complete . And when the verb happens to be the capital word , which is frequently the cafe , it ought at any rate to be put laft , according to another rule , above laid down . I proceed as ufual to illuftrate this rule ...
Page 79
... sense must often , in fome degree , be facrificed to the verfe - paufe ; and the latter fometimes to the former . The pronouncing fyllables in a high or low tone , contributes alfo to melody . In reading , whether verfe or profe , a ...
... sense must often , in fome degree , be facrificed to the verfe - paufe ; and the latter fometimes to the former . The pronouncing fyllables in a high or low tone , contributes alfo to melody . In reading , whether verfe or profe , a ...
Page 88
... sense at the end of eve- ry Hexameter line , were it but fuch a pause as is marked with a comma . It follows alfo , for the fame reason , that there ought never to be a full clofe in the fenfe but at the end of a line , because there ...
... sense at the end of eve- ry Hexameter line , were it but fuch a pause as is marked with a comma . It follows alfo , for the fame reason , that there ought never to be a full clofe in the fenfe but at the end of a line , because there ...
Page 92
... sense . It must not be re- garded , that words are divided by paufes , nor that harsh elifions are multiplied . To add to the ac- count , profaic low - founding words are introduced ; and which is ftill worse , accents are laid on them ...
... sense . It must not be re- garded , that words are divided by paufes , nor that harsh elifions are multiplied . To add to the ac- count , profaic low - founding words are introduced ; and which is ftill worse , accents are laid on them ...
Page 96
... fourth fyllable : Back through the paths || of pleafing sense I ran Again , Profufe of blifs and pregnant with delight After Again , 96 Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . The great variety of modulation confpicuous in ...
... fourth fyllable : Back through the paths || of pleafing sense I ran Again , Profufe of blifs and pregnant with delight After Again , 96 Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . The great variety of modulation confpicuous in ...
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abſtraction accent action againſt agreeable alfo allegory beauty becauſe betwixt cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcription diftinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fenfible fenſe feparate fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimilar fimile fingle firft firſt fome fpeech ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient garden hath Hexameter himſelf Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf laft language lefs Loft long fyllable meaſure melody mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved objects occafion paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe pronounced proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefented repreſentation rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſhort Spondees ſtandard tafte taſte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion tragedy uſe verfe words