Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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... causes of the original beauty of language confidered as fignificant , which is a branch of the prefent fubject , will be ex- ' plained in their order . I fhall only at prefent observe , that this beauty is the beauty of means fitted to ...
... causes of the original beauty of language confidered as fignificant , which is a branch of the prefent fubject , will be ex- ' plained in their order . I fhall only at prefent observe , that this beauty is the beauty of means fitted to ...
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... cause of a certain degree of livelinefs in it . They do not confider how incongruous it is , in a grave compofi- tion , to cheat the reader , and to make him expect a con- traft in the thought , which upon examination is not found there ...
... cause of a certain degree of livelinefs in it . They do not confider how incongruous it is , in a grave compofi- tion , to cheat the reader , and to make him expect a con- traft in the thought , which upon examination is not found there ...
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... cause . Refembling caufes may produce effects that have no refemblance ; and caufes that have no refemblance may produce resembling effects . A magnificent building , for example , refembles not in any degree an heroic action ; and yet ...
... cause . Refembling caufes may produce effects that have no refemblance ; and caufes that have no refemblance may produce resembling effects . A magnificent building , for example , refembles not in any degree an heroic action ; and yet ...
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... cause of which follows . The two long fyllables preceded by two fhort , which always close an Hexameter line , are a fine preparation for a paufe : the reafon is , that long fyllables , or fylla- bles pronounced flow , refembling a flow ...
... cause of which follows . The two long fyllables preceded by two fhort , which always close an Hexameter line , are a fine preparation for a paufe : the reafon is , that long fyllables , or fylla- bles pronounced flow , refembling a flow ...
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... cause there are many peculiarities in each . Beginning with rhyme or metre , the first article fhall be difcuffed in a few words . Every line confifts of ten fyllables , five fhort and five long ; from which there are but two exceptions ...
... cause there are many peculiarities in each . Beginning with rhyme or metre , the first article fhall be difcuffed in a few words . Every line confifts of ten fyllables , five fhort and five long ; from which there are but two exceptions ...
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