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 62
... whole collected force of the agent . On the other hand , where a period is fo conftructed as to admit more than one complete clofe in the fenfe , the curiofity of the reader is exhaufted at the first clofe , and what follows appears ...
... whole collected force of the agent . On the other hand , where a period is fo conftructed as to admit more than one complete clofe in the fenfe , the curiofity of the reader is exhaufted at the first clofe , and what follows appears ...
Page 74
... whole . Reviewing the foregoing examples , it appears to me , contrary to expectation , that in paffing from the ftrongest refemblances to thofe that are fainter , eve- ry ftep affords additional pleafure . Renewing the experiment again ...
... whole . Reviewing the foregoing examples , it appears to me , contrary to expectation , that in paffing from the ftrongest refemblances to thofe that are fainter , eve- ry ftep affords additional pleafure . Renewing the experiment again ...
Page 77
... whole line or pe- riod together , it may be pronounced flow or faft. ́A period according aght to be pronounced flow , when it expreffeswht is folemn or deliberate ; and ought to be praanced quick , when it expreffes what is brifk ...
... whole line or pe- riod together , it may be pronounced flow or faft. ́A period according aght to be pronounced flow , when it expreffeswht is folemn or deliberate ; and ought to be praanced quick , when it expreffes what is brifk ...
Page 84
... whole final fyllables is pro- nounced with a cadence . He may also examine an- other period in the 5th canto which runs from line 45. to line 52 . Though the five requifites above mentioned , en- ter the compofition of every fpecies of ...
... whole final fyllables is pro- nounced with a cadence . He may also examine an- other period in the 5th canto which runs from line 45. to line 52 . Though the five requifites above mentioned , en- ter the compofition of every fpecies of ...
Page 94
... whole of it ; for when we compare different lines , equally regular as to the fucceffion of long and fhort fyllables , the melody is found in very different degrees of perfection ; which is not occafioned by any particular combination ...
... whole of it ; for when we compare different lines , equally regular as to the fucceffion of long and fhort fyllables , the melody is found in very different degrees of perfection ; which is not occafioned by any particular combination ...
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