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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... manner . This beauty is fo common among good writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť the neglect of it is remarkably difagreeable For example , " He did not mention Leonora , nor that her father was dead . " Better thus ...
... manner . This beauty is fo common among good writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť the neglect of it is remarkably difagreeable For example , " He did not mention Leonora , nor that her father was dead . " Better thus ...
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... manner : If men of eminence be expofed to cenfure on the one hand , they are as much exposed to flattery on the other . If they receive reproaches that are not due , they likewife re- ceive praises that are not due . I cannot but fancy ...
... manner : If men of eminence be expofed to cenfure on the one hand , they are as much exposed to flattery on the other . If they receive reproaches that are not due , they likewife re- ceive praises that are not due . I cannot but fancy ...
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... manner as bodies ap- pear more gigantic on account of their being difproportion- ed and mishapen , Hiftory of G. Britain , vol . 1. p . 138 . This is ftudying variety in a period where the beau ty lies in uniformity . Better thus ...
... manner as bodies ap- pear more gigantic on account of their being difproportion- ed and mishapen , Hiftory of G. Britain , vol . 1. p . 138 . This is ftudying variety in a period where the beau ty lies in uniformity . Better thus ...
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... manner of his brethren , in " the praises of his firloin of beef . " Beef , " faid the fage magiftrate , " is the king of meat : Beef comprehends in it the quinteffence of partridge , and quail , and venifon , and pheafant , and plum ...
... manner of his brethren , in " the praises of his firloin of beef . " Beef , " faid the fage magiftrate , " is the king of meat : Beef comprehends in it the quinteffence of partridge , and quail , and venifon , and pheafant , and plum ...
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... manner thefe feveral parts are connected in the expreffion , will appear from what follows . In a complete thought or mental propofition , all the members and parts are mutually related , fome fightly , fome intimately . To put fuch a ...
... manner thefe feveral parts are connected in the expreffion , will appear from what follows . In a complete thought or mental propofition , all the members and parts are mutually related , fome fightly , fome intimately . To put fuch a ...
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