Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... Language , O F all the fine arts , painting only and fculp- ture are in their nature imitative . A field laid out ... Language has no archetype in nature , more than mufic or architecture ; unlefs where , like mu- fic , it is imitative ...
... Language , O F all the fine arts , painting only and fculp- ture are in their nature imitative . A field laid out ... Language has no archetype in nature , more than mufic or architecture ; unlefs where , like mu- fic , it is imitative ...
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... Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently con- fcious when a thought is communicated in a strong and lively manner . This beauty of language , ari- fing from its power of expreffing thought , is ...
... Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently con- fcious when a thought is communicated in a strong and lively manner . This beauty of language , ari- fing from its power of expreffing thought , is ...
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... language which arife from found ; after which will follow the beau- ties of language confidered as fignificant . This or- der appears natural ; for the found of a word is at- tended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third ...
... language which arife from found ; after which will follow the beau- ties of language confidered as fignificant . This or- der appears natural ; for the found of a word is at- tended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third ...
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... language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfection . And this felection , at the fame time , would tend to a- bridge the number of useful founds , fo as perhaps not to leave fufficient for anfwering the different ends of ...
... language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfection . And this felection , at the fame time , would tend to a- bridge the number of useful founds , fo as perhaps not to leave fufficient for anfwering the different ends of ...
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... language . And though at first view they may be thought equally useful for eftimating the comparative merit of different languages ; yet this holds not in fact , becaufe no perfon can this 8 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII . bleness of ...
... language . And though at first view they may be thought equally useful for eftimating the comparative merit of different languages ; yet this holds not in fact , becaufe no perfon can this 8 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII . bleness of ...
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