Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 |
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Page 72
... verse . 1 give the following examples . Integer vitæ , fcelerisque purus , Non eget Mauri jaculis , neque arcu , Nec venenatis gravidâ fagittis , Fufce , pharetra . Horat . Carm . l . 1. ode 22 . Je crains Dieu , cher Abner , et n'ai ...
... verse . 1 give the following examples . Integer vitæ , fcelerisque purus , Non eget Mauri jaculis , neque arcu , Nec venenatis gravidâ fagittis , Fufce , pharetra . Horat . Carm . l . 1. ode 22 . Je crains Dieu , cher Abner , et n'ai ...
Page 81
... verse from profe and yet he pretends not to fay , that it hath any other power but to raise furprise ; he must mean curiosity , which is done by fufpend- ing the thought during the period , and bringing it out entire at the clofe . This ...
... verse from profe and yet he pretends not to fay , that it hath any other power but to raise furprise ; he must mean curiosity , which is done by fufpend- ing the thought during the period , and bringing it out entire at the clofe . This ...
Page 84
... verse should like the torrent roar . Pope's Elay on Criticism , 369 . No perfon can be at a lofs about the cause of this beauty it is obviously that of imitation . That there is any other natural resemblance of found to fignification ...
... verse should like the torrent roar . Pope's Elay on Criticism , 369 . No perfon can be at a lofs about the cause of this beauty it is obviously that of imitation . That there is any other natural resemblance of found to fignification ...
Page 90
... verse : Olli fedato refpondit corde Latinus . Seventhly , A flow fucceffion of ideas is a cir- cumstance that belongs equally to settled melan- choly , and to a period compofed of polyfyllables pronounced flow ; and hence , by ...
... verse : Olli fedato refpondit corde Latinus . Seventhly , A flow fucceffion of ideas is a cir- cumstance that belongs equally to settled melan- choly , and to a period compofed of polyfyllables pronounced flow ; and hence , by ...
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... verse always ; yet taking a whole line or period . together , it may be pronounced flow or faft . A period accordingly ought to be pronounced flow , when it expreffes what is folemn or deli- berate ; and ought to be pronounced quick ...
... verse always ; yet taking a whole line or period . together , it may be pronounced flow or faft . A period accordingly ought to be pronounced flow , when it expreffes what is folemn or deli- berate ; and ought to be pronounced quick ...
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