Elements of Criticism, Volume 2J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 |
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... beauty of the thought itself : the beauty of thought , tranf- ferred to the expreffion , makes it appear more beautiful . But these beauties , if we wish to think * Chap . 2. part 1. fect . 5. Demetrius Phalereus ( of Elo- cution , fect ...
... beauty of the thought itself : the beauty of thought , tranf- ferred to the expreffion , makes it appear more beautiful . But these beauties , if we wish to think * Chap . 2. part 1. fect . 5. Demetrius Phalereus ( of Elo- cution , fect ...
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... beauty of language , confidered as fignificant , which is a branch of the present 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 , that of ...
... beauty of language , confidered as fignificant , which is a branch of the present 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 , that of ...
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... Beauty of Language with respect to Sound . T HIS fubject requires the following order . The founds of the different letters come first next , these founds as united in fyllables : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words ...
... Beauty of Language with respect to Sound . T HIS fubject requires the following order . The founds of the different letters come first next , these founds as united in fyllables : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words ...
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... beauty of fome words which a- rifes from their fignification : when the emotion raised by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothness , of the found , resembles in any de- gree what is raised by the fenfe , we feel a very ...
... beauty of fome words which a- rifes from their fignification : when the emotion raised by the length or fhortnefs , the roughness or smoothness , of the found , resembles in any de- gree what is raised by the fenfe , we feel a very ...
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... , every object , except the first , appears lefs than when view'd fe- parately and independent of the feries . We may * See the reason , chap . 8 . B 4 then then affume as a maxim , which will hold in Sect . I. BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 15.
... , every object , except the first , appears lefs than when view'd fe- parately and independent of the feries . We may * See the reason , chap . 8 . B 4 then then affume as a maxim , which will hold in Sect . I. BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 15.
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