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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... appears greater than usual ; and a little object fucceeding one that is great , appears less than ufual . * Hence a remarka- ble pleafure in viewing a feries afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the ...
... appears greater than usual ; and a little object fucceeding one that is great , appears less than ufual . * Hence a remarka- ble pleafure in viewing a feries afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the ...
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... appears lefs than when viewed feparately and independent of the feries . We may then affume as a maxim , which will hold in the compofition of language as well as of other fubjects , That a ftrong impulfe fucceeding a weak , makes a ...
... appears lefs than when viewed feparately and independent of the feries . We may then affume as a maxim , which will hold in the compofition of language as well as of other fubjects , That a ftrong impulfe fucceeding a weak , makes a ...
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... appears to add fome new tenet or rite to the establifhed religion , or appears to add new dignity to it ; and we muft confult the context before we can gather the true meaning ; which is , that the Greeks were confirmed in the belief of ...
... appears to add fome new tenet or rite to the establifhed religion , or appears to add new dignity to it ; and we muft confult the context before we can gather the true meaning ; which is , that the Greeks were confirmed in the belief of ...
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... appears in the garments of a Britith lady , when fhe is either dreffed for a ball or a birth day . Spectator , No. 265 . Had not my dog of a steward run away as he did , with- out making up his accounts , I had ftill been emerfed in fin ...
... appears in the garments of a Britith lady , when fhe is either dreffed for a ball or a birth day . Spectator , No. 265 . Had not my dog of a steward run away as he did , with- out making up his accounts , I had ftill been emerfed in fin ...
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... appears more neat to ex- prefs the past time by the participle paffive , thus : The The nobility having been feized with the general difcon- tent 24 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . " traft in the thought, which upon examination is not ...
... appears more neat to ex- prefs the past time by the participle paffive , thus : The The nobility having been feized with the general difcon- tent 24 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . " traft in the thought, which upon examination is not ...
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