Elements of Criticism, Volume 2J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 - Criticism |
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... fuch founds are to the ear harsh and difa- greeable . But with refpect to agreeable founds , it appears , that a double found is always more a- greeable than a single found : every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the ...
... fuch founds are to the ear harsh and difa- greeable . But with refpect to agreeable founds , it appears , that a double found is always more a- greeable than a single found : every one who has an ear must be fenfible , that the ...
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... fuch in Britain is the propenfity for dispatch , that , overlooking the ma- jefty of words compofed of many fyllables aptly connected , the prevailing tafte is to shorten words , even at the expence of making them difagreeable to the ...
... fuch in Britain is the propenfity for dispatch , that , overlooking the ma- jefty of words compofed of many fyllables aptly connected , the prevailing tafte is to shorten words , even at the expence of making them difagreeable to the ...
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... fuch a number of objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or writing and for that reafon , variety ought more to be ftudied in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of ...
... fuch a number of objects , and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or writing and for that reafon , variety ought more to be ftudied in these , than in any other fort of compofition . Hence a rule for arranging the members of ...
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... fuch connection , it is a positive deformity , as above obferved , be- cause it makes a difcordance between the thought and expreffion . For the fame reason , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is ...
... fuch connection , it is a positive deformity , as above obferved , be- cause it makes a difcordance between the thought and expreffion . For the fame reason , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is ...
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... fuch a thought in words , it is not fufficient that the component ideas be clearly expreffed ; it is alfo neceffary , that all the relations contained in the thought be expreffed according to their different degrees of intimacy . To ...
... fuch a thought in words , it is not fufficient that the component ideas be clearly expreffed ; it is alfo neceffary , that all the relations contained in the thought be expreffed according to their different degrees of intimacy . To ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears arts beauty becauſe caufe cauſe cenfured 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 fyllables garden greateſt hath Hexameter hiftory himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject language laſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon pleaſe pleaſure poem preſent profe purpoſe raiſed reaſon refpect reft reliſh reprefented reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſome ſpeech Spondees ſtill tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thoſe thou tion uſe vafes verfe verſe words