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 116
... elevation ; and the injury thus done to the fenfe does not reft there , for it fecms alfo to injure the melody . Let us only reflect what a ridiculous fig- ure a particle must make with an accent or emphafis put upon it , a particle ...
... elevation ; and the injury thus done to the fenfe does not reft there , for it fecms alfo to injure the melody . Let us only reflect what a ridiculous fig- ure a particle must make with an accent or emphafis put upon it , a particle ...
Page 120
... elevation , which continues during the paufe : * but where the paufe is feparated from the accent by a fhort fyllable , as in lines of the fecond and fourth order , the impreffion made by the accent is more flight when there is no ftop ...
... elevation , which continues during the paufe : * but where the paufe is feparated from the accent by a fhort fyllable , as in lines of the fecond and fourth order , the impreffion made by the accent is more flight when there is no ftop ...
Page 121
... elevation by the fudden unprepared paufe , which roufes and animates : and the line it- felf , reprefenting by its unequal divifion an afcend- ing feries , carries the mind ftill , higher , making an impreflion fimilar to that of going ...
... elevation by the fudden unprepared paufe , which roufes and animates : and the line it- felf , reprefenting by its unequal divifion an afcend- ing feries , carries the mind ftill , higher , making an impreflion fimilar to that of going ...
Page 122
... elevation , by the fame means , van- ifheth inftantaneously : the mind , by a falling voice , is gently prepared for a ftop and the pleasure of uniformity from the divifion of the line into two equal parts , is calm and fweet . The ...
... elevation , by the fame means , van- ifheth inftantaneously : the mind , by a falling voice , is gently prepared for a ftop and the pleasure of uniformity from the divifion of the line into two equal parts , is calm and fweet . The ...
Page 129
... elevation of language : the couplets of rhyme con- VOL . II . I fine fine inverfion within narrow limits ; nor would the elevation SECT . IV . 129 Beauty of Language .
... elevation of language : the couplets of rhyme con- VOL . II . I fine fine inverfion within narrow limits ; nor would the elevation SECT . IV . 129 Beauty of Language .
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