Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... shall be clofed with a rule concerning . the ufe of the copulatives . Longinus obferves , that it animates a period to drop the copulatives ;. and he gives the following example from X- nophon . Clofing their fhields together , they ...
... shall be clofed with a rule concerning . the ufe of the copulatives . Longinus obferves , that it animates a period to drop the copulatives ;. and he gives the following example from X- nophon . Clofing their fhields together , they ...
Page 36
... shall have oc- cafion to mention are common to both , yet each has rules peculiar to itself . In a natural ftyle , re- lative words are by juxtapofition connected with thofe to which they relate , going before or after , according to ...
... shall have oc- cafion to mention are common to both , yet each has rules peculiar to itself . In a natural ftyle , re- lative words are by juxtapofition connected with thofe to which they relate , going before or after , according to ...
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... shall be thought , that the ob- jections here are too fcrupulous , and that the de- fect of perfpicuity is easily supplied by accurate punctuation ; the answer is , That punctuation may may remove an ambiguity , but will never produce ...
... shall be thought , that the ob- jections here are too fcrupulous , and that the de- fect of perfpicuity is easily supplied by accurate punctuation ; the answer is , That punctuation may may remove an ambiguity , but will never produce ...
Page 68
... shall be of flow motion prolonged : A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong ; along . That , like a wounded fnake , drags its flow length Effay on Crit . 356 . The next example is of forcible motion prolonged : The waves behind impel the ...
... shall be of flow motion prolonged : A needlefs Alexandrine ends the fong ; along . That , like a wounded fnake , drags its flow length Effay on Crit . 356 . The next example is of forcible motion prolonged : The waves behind impel the ...
Page 97
... shall part After the 7th : And taught the doubtful battle || where to rage Again , And in the fmooth defcription || murmur still Befide the capital paufe now mentioned , other in- ferior or femipauses will be difcovered by a nice ear ...
... shall part After the 7th : And taught the doubtful battle || where to rage Again , And in the fmooth defcription || murmur still Befide the capital paufe now mentioned , other in- ferior or femipauses will be difcovered by a nice ear ...
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