Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... actions , form the character of one people . Politeness , reserve , and a total difguife of every fen- timent that can give offence , form the character of another people . To each the manners of the other are difagreeable . An ...
... actions , form the character of one people . Politeness , reserve , and a total difguife of every fen- timent that can give offence , form the character of another people . To each the manners of the other are difagreeable . An ...
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... action . I must add another confideration . The agreeable- nefs of contraft in the rougher language , for which the greater variety of founds gives ample opportu- nity , muft , even in an effeminate car , prevail over the more uniform ...
... action . I must add another confideration . The agreeable- nefs of contraft in the rougher language , for which the greater variety of founds gives ample opportu- nity , muft , even in an effeminate car , prevail over the more uniform ...
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... actions or fenti- ments require elevated language : tender fenti- ments ought to be expreffed in words foft and flow- ing ; and plain language devoid of ornament , is a- dapted to fubjects grave and didactic . Language may be confidered ...
... actions or fenti- ments require elevated language : tender fenti- ments ought to be expreffed in words foft and flow- ing ; and plain language devoid of ornament , is a- dapted to fubjects grave and didactic . Language may be confidered ...
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... actions , when they find it promiscuously be flowed on the meritorious and undeferving . Guardian , No. 4 . Even fo flight a change as to vary the conftruc- tion in the fame period , is unpleasant : Annibal luce prima , Balearibus ...
... actions , when they find it promiscuously be flowed on the meritorious and undeferving . Guardian , No. 4 . Even fo flight a change as to vary the conftruc- tion in the fame period , is unpleasant : Annibal luce prima , Balearibus ...
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... action is beft expreffed without copulatives : Veni , vidi , vici . Ite : Ferte citi flammas , date vela , impellite remos . Eneid . iv . 593 ; Eneid . ix . 36 . Quis globus , O Cives , caligine volvitur atra ? Ferte citi ferrum , date ...
... action is beft expreffed without copulatives : Veni , vidi , vici . Ite : Ferte citi flammas , date vela , impellite remos . Eneid . iv . 593 ; Eneid . ix . 36 . Quis globus , O Cives , caligine volvitur atra ? Ferte citi ferrum , date ...
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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