Elements of Criticism, Volume 2John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 |
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... fenfible when a thought is communicated with perfpicuity and fprightliness . This beauty of language , arifing from its power of expreffing thought , is apt to be confounded with the beauty of the thought itself : the beauty of thought ...
... fenfible when a thought is communicated with perfpicuity and fprightliness . This beauty of language , arifing from its power of expreffing thought , is apt to be confounded with the beauty of the thought itself : the beauty of thought ...
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... fenfible , that the dipththong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pro- nounced fingly : the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or ...
... fenfible , that the dipththong oi or ai is more agreeable than any of these vowels pro- nounced fingly : the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or ...
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... fenfible interval between each , make more lively impreffions than can be made by a continued found . A period of which the members are connected by copulatives , pro- duceth an effect upon the mind approaching to that of a continued ...
... fenfible interval between each , make more lively impreffions than can be made by a continued found . A period of which the members are connected by copulatives , pro- duceth an effect upon the mind approaching to that of a continued ...
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... fenfible of a degradation , when this rule is neglected , as it frequently is for the fake of verfe . I give the following examples . Integer vitæ , fcelerifque purus , Non eget Mauri jaculis , neque arcu , Nec venenatis gravidâ ...
... fenfible of a degradation , when this rule is neglected , as it frequently is for the fake of verfe . I give the following examples . Integer vitæ , fcelerifque purus , Non eget Mauri jaculis , neque arcu , Nec venenatis gravidâ ...
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... fenfible of a dignity in the in- vocation at the beginning , which is not attained by that in the middle . I mean not however to cenfure this paffage : on the contrary , it appears beautiful , by diftinguishing the refpect that is due ...
... fenfible of a dignity in the in- vocation at the beginning , which is not attained by that in the middle . I mean not however to cenfure this paffage : on the contrary , it appears beautiful , by diftinguishing the refpect that is due ...
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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