Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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Page 34
... action is beft expreffed without copulatives : Veni , vidi , vici . -Ite : Ferte citi flammas , date vela , impellite remos . Eneid . iv . 593- Quis globus , O civis , caligine volvitur atra ? Ferte citi ferrum , date tela , scandite ...
... action is beft expreffed without copulatives : Veni , vidi , vici . -Ite : Ferte citi flammas , date vela , impellite remos . Eneid . iv . 593- Quis globus , O civis , caligine volvitur atra ? Ferte citi ferrum , date tela , scandite ...
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... action is expreffed by an active verb ; and the thing affected by the action is expreffed by another fub- ftantive noun : its fuffering or paffive ftate is expreff- ed by a paffive verb ; and the thing that acts upon it , by a ...
... action is expreffed by an active verb ; and the thing affected by the action is expreffed by another fub- ftantive noun : its fuffering or paffive ftate is expreff- ed by a paffive verb ; and the thing that acts upon it , by a ...
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... action is exerted and a contrivance fimilar to that now mentioned , ferves to exprefs the double relation ; the nominative cafe is appropriated to the agent , the accufative to the paf- five fubject ; and the verb is put in the firft ...
... action is exerted and a contrivance fimilar to that now mentioned , ferves to exprefs the double relation ; the nominative cafe is appropriated to the agent , the accufative to the paf- five fubject ; and the verb is put in the firft ...
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... action or motion ; which is an oc- cafional attribute only , and has not the fame perma- nency with colour or figure : I cannot form an idea of motion independent of a body ; but there is nothing more eafy than to form an idea of a body ...
... action or motion ; which is an oc- cafional attribute only , and has not the fame perma- nency with colour or figure : I cannot form an idea of motion independent of a body ; but there is nothing more eafy than to form an idea of a body ...
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... actions as are indifcreet , but very often to fuch as are highly criminal . Spectator , No. 458 . The ambiguity is removed by the following arrange- ment : Nor does this falfe modesty expofe us to fuch actions only as are indifcreet ...
... actions as are indifcreet , but very often to fuch as are highly criminal . Spectator , No. 458 . The ambiguity is removed by the following arrange- ment : Nor does this falfe modesty expofe us to fuch actions only as are indifcreet ...
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abftract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo appear beauty becauſe cafe caufe chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus difagreeable diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcarce fcene fecond feems fenfe fenfible feparation ferves fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufficient fupport garden hath Hexameter Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject laft language lefs long fyllable melody metaphor mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe proper raifing raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefentation reprefented rhyme Richard II rule Spondees tafle tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thought tion vafes verfe words