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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... words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of fyllables pro- nounced quick , commonly called long and fhort fyllables , have little melody in them ; witnefs the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness : on the other hand ...
... words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of fyllables pro- nounced quick , commonly called long and fhort fyllables , have little melody in them ; witnefs the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness : on the other hand ...
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... words that enter into their own language : but they are not equally useful in comparing the words of different languages ; which will thus appear . Different nations judge differently of the harshness or smoothnefs of articulate founds ...
... words that enter into their own language : but they are not equally useful in comparing the words of different languages ; which will thus appear . Different nations judge differently of the harshness or smoothnefs of articulate founds ...
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... words , the ftandard above mentioned is infallible when applied to foreign languages as well as to our own for every man , whatever be his mother - tongue , is equally capable to judge of the length or fhortnefs of words , of the ...
... words , the ftandard above mentioned is infallible when applied to foreign languages as well as to our own for every man , whatever be his mother - tongue , is equally capable to judge of the length or fhortnefs of words , of the ...
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... word ; but rather that defect , than multiply the number of harfh words , which , after all , bear an over - proportion in our tongue . The author above mentioned , by fhowing a good example , did all in his power to restore that ...
... word ; but rather that defect , than multiply the number of harfh words , which , after all , bear an over - proportion in our tongue . The author above mentioned , by fhowing a good example , did all in his power to restore that ...
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... word harfh : examples , betray'd , carry'd , deftroy'd , employ'd . The article next in order , is the mufic of words as united in a period . And as the arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ...
... word harfh : examples , betray'd , carry'd , deftroy'd , employ'd . The article next in order , is the mufic of words as united in a period . And as the arrangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleaf- ure to the ...
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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