Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... fhall only at present obferve , that this beauty is the beauty of means fitted to an end , viz . the communication of thought and hence it evidently appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most ...
... fhall only at present obferve , that this beauty is the beauty of means fitted to an end , viz . the communication of thought and hence it evidently appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most ...
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... fhall be difpatchéd in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind , fuch a number of objects and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by VOL . II . fpeaking B 1 fpeaking or writing and for that reason ...
... fhall be difpatchéd in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind , fuch a number of objects and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by VOL . II . fpeaking B 1 fpeaking or writing and for that reason ...
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... fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge a- right , be agreeable illustrations of these princi- ples . Every fubject must be of importance that tends to unfold the human heart ; for what other science is more worthy of human ...
... fhall have occafion to lay down , will , if I judge a- right , be agreeable illustrations of these princi- ples . Every fubject must be of importance that tends to unfold the human heart ; for what other science is more worthy of human ...
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... fhall here give a few ex- amples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too com- mon in the ordinary herd of writers to make ex- · amples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most ...
... fhall here give a few ex- amples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too com- mon in the ordinary herd of writers to make ex- · amples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most ...
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... , and my bofom - friend , One faith , one fame , one fate fhall both attend . Dryden , Tranflation of Æneid . There There is obviously a fenfible defect in neatness when uniformity Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 27.
... , and my bofom - friend , One faith , one fame , one fate fhall both attend . Dryden , Tranflation of Æneid . There There is obviously a fenfible defect in neatness when uniformity Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 27.
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