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 27
... requires , that in defcribing two refembling ob- jects , a refemblance in the two members of the period ought to be ftudied . To illuftrate the rule in this cafe , I fhall give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with ...
... requires , that in defcribing two refembling ob- jects , a refemblance in the two members of the period ought to be ftudied . To illuftrate the rule in this cafe , I fhall give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with ...
Page 36
... requires See Demetrius Phalereus of Elocution , fett . 63 , requires no art : the great nicety in all languages 36 CH . XVIII Beauty of Language . take as it were an accurate furvey of each nation ...
... requires See Demetrius Phalereus of Elocution , fett . 63 , requires no art : the great nicety in all languages 36 CH . XVIII Beauty of Language . take as it were an accurate furvey of each nation ...
Page 37
... requires no art : the great nicety in all languages is , to exprefs the various relations that connect the parts of the thought . Could we fuppofe this branch of language to be ftill a fecret , it would puzzle , I am apt to think , the ...
... requires no art : the great nicety in all languages is , to exprefs the various relations that connect the parts of the thought . Could we fuppofe this branch of language to be ftill a fecret , it would puzzle , I am apt to think , the ...
Page 61
... requires the chief part to be named first : for that reafon we begin with the fhaft ; and the bale comes next in order , that we may afcend from it to the capital . Laftly , In trac- ing the particulars of any natural operation , order ...
... requires the chief part to be named first : for that reafon we begin with the fhaft ; and the bale comes next in order , that we may afcend from it to the capital . Laftly , In trac- ing the particulars of any natural operation , order ...
Page 64
... requiring more attention , makes an impreffion grave and folemn . * In general , a writer ought to ftudy a mixture of long and fhort periods , which prevent an irkfome uniformity , and entertain the mind with va- riety of impreffions ...
... requiring more attention , makes an impreffion grave and folemn . * In general , a writer ought to ftudy a mixture of long and fhort periods , which prevent an irkfome uniformity , and entertain the mind with va- riety of impreffions ...
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