Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... subject must be of importance that tends in any meafure to unfold the human heart ; for what other fcience is more worthy of human beings ? The prefent fubject is fo extensive , that , to pre- vent confufion , it must be divided into ...
... subject must be of importance that tends in any meafure to unfold the human heart ; for what other fcience is more worthy of human beings ? The prefent fubject is fo extensive , that , to pre- vent confufion , it must be divided into ...
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... continued without variation . The changing from perfon to perfon , from fubject to fubject , or from perfon perfon to subject , within the bounds of a fingle 28 Se & t . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Speaking of a lady's head-dress: ...
... continued without variation . The changing from perfon to perfon , from fubject to fubject , or from perfon perfon to subject , within the bounds of a fingle 28 Se & t . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Speaking of a lady's head-dress: ...
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Henry Home (Lord Kames.) perfon to subject , within the bounds of a fingle pe- riod , diftracts the mind , and affords no time for a folid impreffion . I illuftrate this rule by giving examples of deviations from it . Honos alit artes ...
Henry Home (Lord Kames.) perfon to subject , within the bounds of a fingle pe- riod , diftracts the mind , and affords no time for a folid impreffion . I illuftrate this rule by giving examples of deviations from it . Honos alit artes ...
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... subject is not lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair to put it in a clear light , until a sketch be given of the general princi- ples that govern the ftructure or compofition of language . Every thought , generally speaking ...
... subject is not lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair to put it in a clear light , until a sketch be given of the general princi- ples that govern the ftructure or compofition of language . Every thought , generally speaking ...
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... subject .. But the opposite holds not . Though I cannot form a conception of a subject devoid of all qualities , a partial conception may however be formed of it , laying afide or abstracting from any particular qua- lity . I can , for ...
... subject .. But the opposite holds not . Though I cannot form a conception of a subject devoid of all qualities , a partial conception may however be formed of it , laying afide or abstracting from any particular qua- lity . I can , for ...
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