Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... close is the most advantageous for making an impreffion . Hence , in directing our difcourfe to • To give force or elevation to a period , it ought to begin and end with a long fyllable . For a long fyllable makes naturally the ...
... close is the most advantageous for making an impreffion . Hence , in directing our difcourfe to • To give force or elevation to a period , it ought to begin and end with a long fyllable . For a long fyllable makes naturally the ...
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... close : which cannot be done but by inverting the natural arrangement . By introdu- cing a word or member before its time , our cu- riosity is raised about what is to follow ; and it is agreeable to have our curiofity gratified at the ...
... close : which cannot be done but by inverting the natural arrangement . By introdu- cing a word or member before its time , our cu- riosity is raised about what is to follow ; and it is agreeable to have our curiofity gratified at the ...
Strana 77
... close up- on the word compofition ; after which it goes on languidly , and clofes without force . This ble- mith will be avoided by the following arrange- ment : Were inftruction an effential circumftance in epic poe- try , I doubt ...
... close up- on the word compofition ; after which it goes on languidly , and clofes without force . This ble- mith will be avoided by the following arrange- ment : Were inftruction an effential circumftance in epic poe- try , I doubt ...
Strana 78
... close of the period , ought never to be preferred before perfpicuity . Neither ought fuch fufpenfion to be attempted in a long period ; because in that cafe 1 cafe the mind is bewildered among a profufion of 78 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch ...
... close of the period , ought never to be preferred before perfpicuity . Neither ought fuch fufpenfion to be attempted in a long period ; because in that cafe 1 cafe the mind is bewildered among a profufion of 78 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch ...
Strana 87
... close * . Except in the fingle cafe where found is defcribed , all the examples given by critics of enfe being imitated in found , re- folve into a resemblance of effects : emotions rai- fed by found and fignification may have a refem ...
... close * . Except in the fingle cafe where found is defcribed , all the examples given by critics of enfe being imitated in found , re- folve into a resemblance of effects : emotions rai- fed by found and fignification may have a refem ...
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