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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... period commences with a member con- ceived to be in the nominative cafe , which afterward is found to be in the accufative . Example : " Some emotions more peculiarly connected with the fine arts , I propofe to handle in feparate ...
... period commences with a member con- ceived to be in the nominative cafe , which afterward is found to be in the accufative . Example : " Some emotions more peculiarly connected with the fine arts , I propofe to handle in feparate ...
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... period governed by the fame verb in which cafe thefe members , in order to im- prove their connection , ought to be conftructed in the fame manner . This beauty is fo common among good writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť ...
... period governed by the fame verb in which cafe thefe members , in order to im- prove their connection , ought to be conftructed in the fame manner . This beauty is fo common among good writers , as to have been little attended to ; buť ...
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... periods of time . Hence a want of neatnefs in the following expreffion . The nobility too , whom the King had no means of re- taining by fuitable offices and preferments , had been feized with the general difcontent , and unwarily threw ...
... periods of time . Hence a want of neatnefs in the following expreffion . The nobility too , whom the King had no means of re- taining by fuitable offices and preferments , had been feized with the general difcontent , and unwarily threw ...
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... periods . A fentence or period ought to exprefs one entire thought or mental propofition ; and different thoughts ought to be fepa- rated in the expreffion by placing them in different fentences or periods . It is therefore offending ...
... periods . A fentence or period ought to exprefs one entire thought or mental propofition ; and different thoughts ought to be fepa- rated in the expreffion by placing them in different fentences or periods . It is therefore offending ...
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... the ordinary courfe of his provi- dence to the fons of men . Bolingbroke on the spirit of patriotifm , let : 1 . Τα To crowd into a fingle member of a period differ- 246 Beauty of Language " . CH . XVII . Cæfar, defcribing the Suevi: ...
... the ordinary courfe of his provi- dence to the fons of men . Bolingbroke on the spirit of patriotifm , let : 1 . Τα To crowd into a fingle member of a period differ- 246 Beauty of Language " . CH . XVII . Cæfar, defcribing the Suevi: ...
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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