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 - 440 Seiten |
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... less than ufual . * Hence a remarka- ble pleafure in viewing a feries afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the differences are fmall . The least object of a feries afcending by large differences has ...
... less than ufual . * Hence a remarka- ble pleafure in viewing a feries afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the differences are fmall . The least object of a feries afcending by large differences has ...
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... less excufable that the fault is eafily prevented by placing the circumstance before the verb , after the following manner : For the English are naturally fanciful , and , by that gloominefs and melancholy of temper which is fo frequent ...
... less excufable that the fault is eafily prevented by placing the circumstance before the verb , after the following manner : For the English are naturally fanciful , and , by that gloominefs and melancholy of temper which is fo frequent ...
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... less effen- tial than the other circumstances above handled . By a good ear it will be difcerned , that in every line there is one fyllable diftinguishable from the reft by a capital accent : that fyllable , being the 7th por tion , is ...
... less effen- tial than the other circumstances above handled . By a good ear it will be difcerned , that in every line there is one fyllable diftinguishable from the reft by a capital accent : that fyllable , being the 7th por tion , is ...
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... less than it is in reality : * the fame effect , precifely , attends figurative grandeur or littleness : and hence the hyperbole , which expreffes that mo- mentary conviction . A writer , taking advantage of this natural delufion ...
... less than it is in reality : * the fame effect , precifely , attends figurative grandeur or littleness : and hence the hyperbole , which expreffes that mo- mentary conviction . A writer , taking advantage of this natural delufion ...
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... less than of circumftances , a great nuifance : judicious felection of the ftriking circumftances clothed in a nervous ftyle , is delightful . In this ftyle , Tacitus excels all writers , ancient and mod- ern . Inftances are numberlefs ...
... less than of circumftances , a great nuifance : judicious felection of the ftriking circumftances clothed in a nervous ftyle , is delightful . In this ftyle , Tacitus excels all writers , ancient and mod- ern . Inftances are numberlefs ...
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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