Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... first rank : They are relished by thofe only , who have more delicacy of fenfation than belongs to the bulk of mankind . Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently con- fcious when a thought is ...
... first rank : They are relished by thofe only , who have more delicacy of fenfation than belongs to the bulk of mankind . Language poffeffeth a beauty fuperior greatly in degree , of which we are eminently con- fcious when a thought is ...
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... first place , fyllables in immediate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame or nearly the fame aper- ture of the mouth , produce a weak and imperfect found ; witnefs the French words détêté ( detefted ) , dit - il ( fays ...
... first place , fyllables in immediate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame or nearly the fame aper- ture of the mouth , produce a weak and imperfect found ; witnefs the French words détêté ( detefted ) , dit - il ( fays ...
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... first , makes a lefs figure than when * See the reafon , chap . 8 . viewed feparately and independent of the feries . We may viewed 12 Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . ceffary to premise fome general obfervations upon ...
... first , makes a lefs figure than when * See the reafon , chap . 8 . viewed feparately and independent of the feries . We may viewed 12 Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . ceffary to premise fome general obfervations upon ...
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... first confifts in a right choice of words or materials for constructing the period ; and the other confifts in a due arrangement of thefe words or materials . I fhall begin with rules that direct us to a right choice of words , and then ...
... first confifts in a right choice of words or materials for constructing the period ; and the other confifts in a due arrangement of thefe words or materials . I fhall begin with rules that direct us to a right choice of words , and then ...
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... first place , that to write with elegance , it is not fufficient to exprefs barely the conjunction or disjunction of the members of the thought . It is a beauty to find a fimilar conjunction or disjuncti- on in the words . This may be ...
... first place , that to write with elegance , it is not fufficient to exprefs barely the conjunction or disjunction of the members of the thought . It is a beauty to find a fimilar conjunction or disjuncti- on in the words . This may be ...
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