Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 |
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... prefent fubject , will be explained in their order . I fhall only at present observe , 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 ...
... prefent fubject , will be explained in their order . I fhall only at present observe , 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 ...
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... prefent , cannot fairly ex- pect more than a flight fketch of thofe that make the greatest figure . This tafk I attempt the inore willingly , as being connected with certain principles in human nature ; and the rules I fhall have ...
... prefent , cannot fairly ex- pect more than a flight fketch of thofe that make the greatest figure . This tafk I attempt the inore willingly , as being connected with certain principles in human nature ; and the rules I fhall have ...
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... , whom I freely " prefent both to my friends and enemies . " This rule of ftudying uniformity between the thought and expreffion This Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 31 themselves into the fcale which began already too much ...
... , whom I freely " prefent both to my friends and enemies . " This rule of ftudying uniformity between the thought and expreffion This Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 31 themselves into the fcale which began already too much ...
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... prefent fubject , it will be necef- fary to examine it more narrowly , and in parti- cular to trace the feveral degrees in which an in- verted style recedes more and more from that which is natural . And first , as to the placing a ...
... prefent fubject , it will be necef- fary to examine it more narrowly , and in parti- cular to trace the feveral degrees in which an in- verted style recedes more and more from that which is natural . And first , as to the placing a ...
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... prefent to appeal to experience , that a period fo arranged as to bring out the fenfe clear , feems always more musical than where the fense is left in any degree doubtful . A rule deservedly occupying the fecond place , is , That words ...
... prefent to appeal to experience , that a period fo arranged as to bring out the fenfe clear , feems always more musical than where the fense is left in any degree doubtful . A rule deservedly occupying the fecond place , is , That words ...
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