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 82
... confine the inquiry , to Latin or Greek Hexameter , and to French and English Heroic verse ; which perhaps may carry me farther than the reader will choofe to follow . The obfervations I fhall have occafion to make , will at any rate be ...
... confine the inquiry , to Latin or Greek Hexameter , and to French and English Heroic verse ; which perhaps may carry me farther than the reader will choofe to follow . The obfervations I fhall have occafion to make , will at any rate be ...
Page 85
... confine its variety within cer- tain limits and for afcertaining thefe limits , gram- marians have invented a rule by ... confined to regulate the arrangement , for they ferve no After giving fome attention to this fubject , and weighing ...
... confine its variety within cer- tain limits and for afcertaining thefe limits , gram- marians have invented a rule by ... confined to regulate the arrangement , for they ferve no After giving fome attention to this fubject , and weighing ...
Page 116
... confined to the long fyllables ; for a fhort fyllable is not ca- pable of an accent . In the next place , as the melody is enriched in proportion to the number of accents , every word that has a long fyllable may be accented ; unlefs ...
... confined to the long fyllables ; for a fhort fyllable is not ca- pable of an accent . In the next place , as the melody is enriched in proportion to the number of accents , every word that has a long fyllable may be accented ; unlefs ...
Page 119
... confined to a certain number : fome lines have no fewer than five , and there are lines that admit not above one . This variety , as we have feen , depends entirely on the different powers of the com- ponent words : particles , even ...
... confined to a certain number : fome lines have no fewer than five , and there are lines that admit not above one . This variety , as we have feen , depends entirely on the different powers of the com- ponent words : particles , even ...
Page 123
... partial fearch , I fhall confine my in , ftances to a fingle poem , beginning with the First order . On her white breaft , a fparkling First SECT . IV . 123 Beauty of Language . its concluding accent, nor confequently in the dignity ...
... partial fearch , I fhall confine my in , ftances to a fingle poem , beginning with the First order . On her white breaft , a fparkling First SECT . IV . 123 Beauty of Language . its concluding accent, nor confequently in the dignity ...
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