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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... thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the prefervation of the conftitution in its ... things are oppofed to each other . And here it must be obvious , that if refemblance ought to be ftudied in the ...
... thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the prefervation of the conftitution in its ... things are oppofed to each other . And here it must be obvious , that if refemblance ought to be ftudied in the ...
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... thing affected by the action is expreffed by another fub- ftantive noun : its fuffering or paffive ftate is expreff- ed by a paffive verb ; and the thing that acts upon it , by a fubftantive noun . Befide thefe , which are the capital ...
... thing affected by the action is expreffed by another fub- ftantive noun : its fuffering or paffive ftate is expreff- ed by a paffive verb ; and the thing that acts upon it , by a fubftantive noun . Befide thefe , which are the capital ...
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... things connected in the thought , ought to be placed as near together as pof- fible . This rule is derived immediately from human nature , prone in every inftance to place together things in any manner connected : * where things are ...
... things connected in the thought , ought to be placed as near together as pof- fible . This rule is derived immediately from human nature , prone in every inftance to place together things in any manner connected : * where things are ...
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... things placed by chance and we natu- rally place words in the fame order in which we would place the things they fignify . The bad effect of a violent feparation of words or members thus in- timately connected , will appear from the ...
... things placed by chance and we natu- rally place words in the fame order in which we would place the things they fignify . The bad effect of a violent feparation of words or members thus in- timately connected , will appear from the ...
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... thing a fecond time , ought to be placed as near as poffible to the name of that perfon or thing . This is a branch of the foregoing rule ; and with the reafon there given another concurs , viz . That if other ideas intervene , it is ...
... thing a fecond time , ought to be placed as near as poffible to the name of that perfon or thing . This is a branch of the foregoing rule ; and with the reafon there given another concurs , viz . That if other ideas intervene , it is ...
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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