Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... , pronounced flow and fmooth , are naturally expreffive of grief and me- lancholy . Words have a feparate effect on the A 2 mind , mind , abstracting from their fignification and from their imitative [ 3 ] ELEMENTS of CRITICISM. ...
... , pronounced flow and fmooth , are naturally expreffive of grief and me- lancholy . Words have a feparate effect on the A 2 mind , mind , abstracting from their fignification and from their imitative [ 3 ] ELEMENTS of CRITICISM. ...
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Henry Home (Lord Kames.) mind , abstracting from their fignification and from their imitative power . They are more or less a- greeable to the ear , by the roundness , fweetnefs , faintnefs , or roughnefs , of their tones . Thefe are ...
Henry Home (Lord Kames.) mind , abstracting from their fignification and from their imitative power . They are more or less a- greeable to the ear , by the roundness , fweetnefs , faintnefs , or roughnefs , of their tones . Thefe are ...
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... mind cannot bear the least of that roughnefs and feverity , which is ge- nerally esteemed manly when exerted upon ... mind . A fmooth : gliding found is agreeable , by fmoothing the mind and lulling it to reft . A rough bold found , on ...
... mind cannot bear the least of that roughnefs and feverity , which is ge- nerally esteemed manly when exerted upon ... mind . A fmooth : gliding found is agreeable , by fmoothing the mind and lulling it to reft . A rough bold found , on ...
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... mind , when they are placed in an increafing or de- creafing feries . The effect of fuch a feries will be very different , according as refemblance or contrast prevails . Where the members of a feries vary by fmall differences ...
... mind , when they are placed in an increafing or de- creafing feries . The effect of fuch a feries will be very different , according as refemblance or contrast prevails . Where the members of a feries vary by fmall differences ...
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... mind , and augment the pleasure . On the other hand , where the impreffions made by the thought and the words are diffimilar , they are forc'd into la fort of unnatural union , which is difagreeable † . In the preceding chapter ...
... mind , and augment the pleasure . On the other hand , where the impreffions made by the thought and the words are diffimilar , they are forc'd into la fort of unnatural union , which is difagreeable † . In the preceding chapter ...
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