Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 - Criticism |
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Page 96
... - nouncing . The three last are arbitrary , depend- * De oratore , 1. 3. cap . 58 . ing on the will of the person who pronounces ; ing 96 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII . have reafon to believe, that in Greece every tra- ...
... - nouncing . The three last are arbitrary , depend- * De oratore , 1. 3. cap . 58 . ing on the will of the person who pronounces ; ing 96 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII . have reafon to believe, that in Greece every tra- ...
Page 97
... person who pronounces ; and it is chiefly in the artful management of these , that just pronunciation confifts . With refpect to the first circumftance , mufic has evidently the advantage ; for all its notes are agreeable to the ear ...
... person who pronounces ; and it is chiefly in the artful management of these , that just pronunciation confifts . With refpect to the first circumftance , mufic has evidently the advantage ; for all its notes are agreeable to the ear ...
Page 150
... person who has an ear , can be at a loss to diftinguish that particular accent which imme- diately precedes the full paufe . In this cafe also , the elevation of an accenting tone , produceth in the mind a fimilar elevation , which is ...
... person who has an ear , can be at a loss to diftinguish that particular accent which imme- diately precedes the full paufe . In this cafe also , the elevation of an accenting tone , produceth in the mind a fimilar elevation , which is ...
Page 267
... person who inflicts it : and wine is faid to be jovial , as infpiring mirth and jollity . Thus the attributes of one fubject are extended to another with which it is connected ; and the expreffion of fuch a thought must be considered as ...
... person who inflicts it : and wine is faid to be jovial , as infpiring mirth and jollity . Thus the attributes of one fubject are extended to another with which it is connected ; and the expreffion of fuch a thought must be considered as ...
Page 385
... person who fhall write on " this fubject , to remember that he is a Chri- " ftian , and not to facrifice his catechifm to his 66 poetry . In order to it , I do expect of him , in " the first place , to make his own poem , with- " out ...
... person who fhall write on " this fubject , to remember that he is a Chri- " ftian , and not to facrifice his catechifm to his 66 poetry . In order to it , I do expect of him , in " the first place , to make his own poem , with- " out ...
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