Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... objects have upon the mind , when they are placed in an increafing or de- creafing feries . The effect of fuch a ... object of no greater fize than the firft , the third of no greateri fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft . This di ...
... objects have upon the mind , when they are placed in an increafing or de- creafing feries . The effect of fuch a ... object of no greater fize than the firft , the third of no greateri fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft . This di ...
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... objects and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or wri- ting . And for that reafon , variety ought more to be studied in these , than in any other fort of com- pofition . Hence a rule regarding the arrangement of the members of ...
... objects and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or wri- ting . And for that reafon , variety ought more to be studied in these , than in any other fort of com- pofition . Hence a rule regarding the arrangement of the members of ...
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... objects is defcribed , the writer ought to study a re- femblance betwixt the two members that exprefs thefe objects . For it makes the refemblance the more entire to find it extended even to the words . To illustrate this rule , I fhall ...
... objects is defcribed , the writer ought to study a re- femblance betwixt the two members that exprefs thefe objects . For it makes the refemblance the more entire to find it extended even to the words . To illustrate this rule , I fhall ...
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... objects . To produce a resemblance betwixt fuch members , they ought not only to be conftructed in the fame manner , but as nearly as poffible be equal in length . By neglecting this circumftance , the following example is defective in ...
... objects . To produce a resemblance betwixt fuch members , they ought not only to be conftructed in the fame manner , but as nearly as poffible be equal in length . By neglecting this circumftance , the following example is defective in ...
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... Objects con- trafted , not lefs than what are fimilar , require a resemblance in the members of the period that ex- prefs them . The reafon is , that contraft has no effect upon the mind , except where the things com- pared have a ...
... Objects con- trafted , not lefs than what are fimilar , require a resemblance in the members of the period that ex- prefs them . The reafon is , that contraft has no effect upon the mind , except where the things com- pared have a ...
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