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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... paffages , than about any I have ventured to criticife , being aware that a vague or obfcure expreffion , is apt to ... paffage from Quintilian , quoted in the first volume for a different purpose . At quæ Polycleto defuerunt , Phidiæ ...
... paffages , than about any I have ventured to criticife , being aware that a vague or obfcure expreffion , is apt to ... paffage from Quintilian , quoted in the first volume for a different purpose . At quæ Polycleto defuerunt , Phidiæ ...
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... paffage may be im- proved as follows : " and degenerating from the cuftoms of their own nation , they were gradually af- fimilated to the natives , inftead of reclaiming them from their uncultivated manners . " The next rule in order ...
... paffage may be im- proved as follows : " and degenerating from the cuftoms of their own nation , they were gradually af- fimilated to the natives , inftead of reclaiming them from their uncultivated manners . " The next rule in order ...
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... expreffion will be impaired . In that view , a paffage from Tacitus is exceptionable ; where words that fignify ideas little connected is 26 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . junctions imitated in the expreffion, is a beauty; ...
... expreffion will be impaired . In that view , a paffage from Tacitus is exceptionable ; where words that fignify ideas little connected is 26 CH . XVIII . Beauty of Language . junctions imitated in the expreffion, is a beauty; ...
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... paffage : very TM Germania omnis a Galliis , Rhætiifque , et Pannoniis , Rhe- no et Danubio fluminibus ; a Sarinatis Dacifque , mutuo metu aut montibus feparatur . De moribus Germanorum . Upon the fame account , I efteem the following paf ...
... paffage : very TM Germania omnis a Galliis , Rhætiifque , et Pannoniis , Rhe- no et Danubio fluminibus ; a Sarinatis Dacifque , mutuo metu aut montibus feparatur . De moribus Germanorum . Upon the fame account , I efteem the following paf ...
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... paffage are accumulated all the errors that a period expreffing a refemblance can well admit . Minifters are anfwerable for every thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the prefervation of the ...
... paffage are accumulated all the errors that a period expreffing a refemblance can well admit . Minifters are anfwerable for every thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the prefervation of 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