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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... effect is produced in defcending ; for in this direction , every object , except the firft , 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 ...
... effect is produced in defcending ; for in this direction , every object , except the firft , 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 ...
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... effect . Two members of a thought connected by their re- lation to the fame action , will naturally be expreffed by two members of the period governed by the fame verb in which cafe thefe members , in order to im- prove their connection ...
... effect . Two members of a thought connected by their re- lation to the fame action , will naturally be expreffed by two members of the period governed by the fame verb in which cafe thefe members , in order to im- prove their connection ...
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... effect ; for it is the levity of the wife that torments the hufband . Will maintain Upon his bad life to make all this good . King Richard II . aết 1. fc . 3- Lucetta . What , fhall these papers lie like tell - tales here Julia . If ...
... effect ; for it is the levity of the wife that torments the hufband . Will maintain Upon his bad life to make all this good . King Richard II . aết 1. fc . 3- Lucetta . What , fhall these papers lie like tell - tales here Julia . If ...
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... effect to connect verbally things that are oppofite to each other in the thought . Example : Henry the Fourth of France introducing the Marefchal Biron to fome of his friends , " Here , Gentlemen , " fays he , " is the Marefchal Biron ...
... effect to connect verbally things that are oppofite to each other in the thought . Example : Henry the Fourth of France introducing the Marefchal Biron to fome of his friends , " Here , Gentlemen , " fays he , " is the Marefchal Biron ...
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... effect of fuch change of perfon is remarka- ble in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence , who confequently reduced the greateft part ...
... effect of fuch change of perfon is remarka- ble in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts , were forced to call in the Saxons for their defence , who confequently reduced the greateft part ...
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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