Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... better than forced , without it . Another exception is , where the penult fyllable ends with a vowel . In that cafe the final fyllable ed may be apoftrophized without making the word harsh . Examples , be- tray'd , carry'd , deftroy'd ...
... better than forced , without it . Another exception is , where the penult fyllable ends with a vowel . In that cafe the final fyllable ed may be apoftrophized without making the word harsh . Examples , be- tray'd , carry'd , deftroy'd ...
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... Better thus : " Some emotions more peculiarly connected with " the fine arts , are proposed to be handled in fe- " parate chapters . " The rule next in order , becaufe next in impor- tance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to ...
... Better thus : " Some emotions more peculiarly connected with " the fine arts , are proposed to be handled in fe- " parate chapters . " The rule next in order , becaufe next in impor- tance , is , That the language ought to correfpond to ...
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... better to say the foul and the body , because the disjunction in the words refembles the disjunction in the thought . In the following ex- amples the connection in the thought is happily imitated in the expreffion . Conftituit agmen ...
... better to say the foul and the body , because the disjunction in the words refembles the disjunction in the thought . In the following ex- amples the connection in the thought is happily imitated in the expreffion . Conftituit agmen ...
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... [ Better thus ] : Having made a difcovery that there was no God , and having generously communicated their thoughts for the good of the public , were fome time ago , & c . He had been guilty of a fault , for which his ma- fter would have ...
... [ Better thus ] : Having made a difcovery that there was no God , and having generously communicated their thoughts for the good of the public , were fome time ago , & c . He had been guilty of a fault , for which his ma- fter would have ...
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... better in the following manner : If men of eminence be exposed to cenfure on the one hand , they are as much exposed to flattery on the other . If they receive reproaches which are not due , they likewife receive praises which are not ...
... better in the following manner : If men of eminence be exposed to cenfure on the one hand , they are as much exposed to flattery on the other . If they receive reproaches which are not due , they likewife receive praises which are not ...
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abſtraction accent action againſt agreeable alfo allegory beauty becauſe betwixt cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcription diftinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fenfible fenſe feparate fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimilar fimile fingle firft firſt fome fpeech ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient garden hath Hexameter himſelf Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf laft language lefs Loft long fyllable meaſure melody mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved objects occafion paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe pronounced proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefented repreſentation rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſhort Spondees ſtandard tafte taſte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion tragedy uſe verfe words