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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... rule of ftudying uniformity between the thought and expreffion , may be extended to the con- ftruction of fentences or periods . A fentence or period ought to exprefs one entire thought or mental propofition ; and different thoughts ...
... rule of ftudying uniformity between the thought and expreffion , may be extended to the con- ftruction of fentences or periods . A fentence or period ought to exprefs one entire thought or mental propofition ; and different thoughts ...
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... rule in this cafe , I fhall give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with refemblances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters very much to exceed that of ...
... rule in this cafe , I fhall give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with refemblances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters very much to exceed that of ...
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... rule will be best illustrated by examples of deviations from it : A friend exaggerates a man's virtues , an enemy inflames his crimes . Spectator , No. 399 . Here the oppofition in the thought is neglected in the words , which at firft ...
... rule will be best illustrated by examples of deviations from it : A friend exaggerates a man's virtues , an enemy inflames his crimes . Spectator , No. 399 . Here the oppofition in the thought is neglected in the words , which at firft ...
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... rule of a different kind . During the courfe of a period , the fcene ought to be contin ued without variation : the changing from perfon to perfon , from fubject to fubject , or from períon to fubject , within the bounds of a fingle ...
... rule of a different kind . During the courfe of a period , the fcene ought to be contin ued without variation : the changing from perfon to perfon , from fubject to fubject , or from períon to fubject , within the bounds of a fingle ...
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... rule : That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculcating an important moral truth , c . This exprefiion includes two perfons , one acquiring , and one inculcating ; and the fcene is changed with- out neceflity . To avoid this ...
... rule : That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculcating an important moral truth , c . This exprefiion includes two perfons , one acquiring , and one inculcating ; and the fcene is changed with- out neceflity . To avoid this ...
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