Elements of Criticism, Volume 2John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 - Criticism |
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... lefs cavity than any vowel ; and confequently every syllable into which a confonant enters , muft have more than one found , though pronounced with one ex- piration of air , or with one breath as commonly ex- preffed : for however ...
... lefs cavity than any vowel ; and confequently every syllable into which a confonant enters , muft have more than one found , though pronounced with one ex- piration of air , or with one breath as commonly ex- preffed : for however ...
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... lefs excufable to follow this practice in writing ; for the hurry of speaking may excufe what would be altogether improper in compofition : the fyllable ed , it is true , sounds poorly at the end of a word ; but rather that defect ...
... lefs excufable to follow this practice in writing ; for the hurry of speaking may excufe what would be altogether improper in compofition : the fyllable ed , it is true , sounds poorly at the end of a word ; but rather that defect ...
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... lefs than ufual * . Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a series afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the differ- ences are small . The leaft object of a series af- cending by large differences has ...
... lefs than ufual * . Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a series afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the differ- ences are small . The leaft object of a series af- cending by large differences has ...
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... lefs , but from the less to the greater . In arranging the members of a period , no writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the following examples out of many , will not fuf- fer me to flur them over by a reference . Quicum quæftor fueram ...
... lefs , but from the less to the greater . In arranging the members of a period , no writer equals Cicero : the beauty of the following examples out of many , will not fuf- fer me to flur them over by a reference . Quicum quæftor fueram ...
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... lefs neat than the English method of juxtapofition . Conti guity is more expreffive of an intimate relation , than relem- blance merely of the final fyllables . Latin indeed has evi- dently the advantage when the adjective and ...
... lefs neat than the English method of juxtapofition . Conti guity is more expreffive of an intimate relation , than relem- blance merely of the final fyllables . Latin indeed has evi- dently the advantage when the adjective and ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears beauty becauſe beſt caufe cauſe chap circumftance cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid Engliſh epic epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible feparation fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome ftill fubject fucceffion fuch fupport garden greateſt hath Hexameter himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved object occafion ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſe pleaſure poem prefent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft reprefented repreſentation reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhort ſpeech Spondees ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words