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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... object of no greater fize than the first , the third of no greater fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft ; which diminifheth in appearance the fize of every object except the firft : but when , be- ginning at the greatest object ...
... object of no greater fize than the first , the third of no greater fize than the fecond , and fo of the reft ; which diminifheth in appearance the fize of every object except the firft : but when , be- ginning at the greatest object ...
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... object , except the firft , appears lefs than when viewed feparately and independent of the feries . We may then affume as a maxim , which will hold in the compofition of language as well as of other fubjects , That a ftrong impulfe ...
... object , except the firft , appears lefs than when viewed feparately and independent of the feries . We may then affume as a maxim , which will hold in the compofition of language as well as of other fubjects , That a ftrong impulfe ...
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... objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or writing : and for that reafon , variety ought more to be ftudi- ed in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of different periods ...
... objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or writing : and for that reafon , variety ought more to be ftudi- ed in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of different periods ...
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... object , mentioned oftener than once in the fame period . Example : fpeaking of the English adven- turers who first attempted the conqueft of Ireland , " and instead of reclaiming the natives from their uncultivated manners , they were ...
... object , mentioned oftener than once in the fame period . Example : fpeaking of the English adven- turers who first attempted the conqueft of Ireland , " and instead of reclaiming the natives from their uncultivated manners , they were ...
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... object for the fake of variety . But perfpicuity ..ought never to be facrificed to any other beauty , which leads me to think that the paffage may be im- proved as follows : " and degenerating from the cuftoms of their own nation , they ...
... object for the fake of variety . But perfpicuity ..ought never to be facrificed to any other beauty , which leads me to think that the paffage may be im- proved as follows : " and degenerating from the cuftoms of their own nation , they ...
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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