Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... feel a very remarkable plea- fure . But this fubject belongs to the third fection . The foregoing obfervations afford a standard to every nation , for estimating , pretty accurately , the comparative erit of the words that enter into ...
... feel a very remarkable plea- fure . But this fubject belongs to the third fection . The foregoing obfervations afford a standard to every nation , for estimating , pretty accurately , the comparative erit of the words that enter into ...
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... feel in their own minds a fimilar effort , which rouses their attention and difpofes them to action . I must add another confideration . The agreeable- nefs of contraft in the rougher language , for which the greater variety of founds ...
... feel in their own minds a fimilar effort , which rouses their attention and difpofes them to action . I must add another confideration . The agreeable- nefs of contraft in the rougher language , for which the greater variety of founds ...
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... feel when the intervals are fmall . Beginning at the fmalleft object of a feties where contraft prevails , this object has the fame effect upon the mind as if it flood fingle with- out making a part of the feries . But this is not the ...
... feel when the intervals are fmall . Beginning at the fmalleft object of a feties where contraft prevails , this object has the fame effect upon the mind as if it flood fingle with- out making a part of the feries . But this is not the ...
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... feel no wavering , but the great- eft pleasure conftantly from the fainteft refemblan- ces . And yet how can this be ? for if the pleasure lie in imitation , muft not the strongest resemblance afford the greatest pleasure ? From this ...
... feel no wavering , but the great- eft pleasure conftantly from the fainteft refemblan- ces . And yet how can this be ? for if the pleasure lie in imitation , muft not the strongest resemblance afford the greatest pleasure ? From this ...
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... feel a difcordance be- twixt the thought and the melody . An accent , for example , placed on a word that makes no figure , has the effect to burlefque it , by giving it an unnatural elevation . The injury thus done to the fenfe , is ...
... feel a difcordance be- twixt the thought and the melody . An accent , for example , placed on a word that makes no figure , has the effect to burlefque it , by giving it an unnatural elevation . The injury thus done to the fenfe , is ...
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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