Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... mean- ing of words , not to talk of their figurative power , would require a large volume ; an ufeful work in- * Scot's Chriftian life . deed ; deed ; but not to be attempted without a large 14 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
... mean- ing of words , not to talk of their figurative power , would require a large volume ; an ufeful work in- * Scot's Chriftian life . deed ; deed ; but not to be attempted without a large 14 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
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... require elevated language : tender fenti- ments ought to be expreffed in words foft and flow- ing ; and plain language ... requires that both be in the fame tone . Or , to exprefs the thing more plainly , the impreffion made by the words ...
... require elevated language : tender fenti- ments ought to be expreffed in words foft and flow- ing ; and plain language ... requires that both be in the fame tone . Or , to exprefs the thing more plainly , the impreffion made by the words ...
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... require more than one ; for this is conjoining in language things that are separated in reality ; and confequently re- jecting that uniformity , which ought to be preferv- ed betwixt thought and expreffion . Of errors a- gainst this ...
... require more than one ; for this is conjoining in language things that are separated in reality ; and confequently re- jecting that uniformity , which ought to be preferv- ed betwixt thought and expreffion . Of errors a- gainst this ...
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... require but a copulative , it is pleasant to find a resemblance in the members of the period , were it even fo flight as where both begin with the fame letter : The peacock , in all his pride , does not difplay half the colour that ...
... require but a copulative , it is pleasant to find a resemblance in the members of the period , were it even fo flight as where both begin with the fame letter : The peacock , in all his pride , does not difplay half the colour that ...
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... 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 refemblance in their capital parts * . Therefore , in ...
... 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 refemblance in their capital parts * . Therefore , in ...
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