Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... termed verbal antithefis , is ftudied by writers of no tafte ; and is relifhed by readers of the fame ftamp , because of a certain de- gree of livelinefs in it . They do not confider how incongruous it is , in a grave compofition , to ...
... termed verbal antithefis , is ftudied by writers of no tafte ; and is relifhed by readers of the fame ftamp , because of a certain de- gree of livelinefs in it . They do not confider how incongruous it is , in a grave compofition , to ...
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... termed natural . Witnefs the following examples . In the fincerity of my heart , I profefs , & c . By our own ill management , we are brought to fo low an ebb of wealth and credit , that , & c . On Thursday morning there was little or ...
... termed natural . Witnefs the following examples . In the fincerity of my heart , I profefs , & c . By our own ill management , we are brought to fo low an ebb of wealth and credit , that , & c . On Thursday morning there was little or ...
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... termed a climax in fenfe , has escaped Lord Boling- broke in the first member of the following period . Let but one great , brave , difinterested , active man arise , and he will be received , followed , and almost adored . The ...
... termed a climax in fenfe , has escaped Lord Boling- broke in the first member of the following period . Let but one great , brave , difinterested , active man arise , and he will be received , followed , and almost adored . The ...
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... termed an anticlimax , where the progress is from great to little ; for this has the effect to make diminutive objects appear still more diminutive . Horace affords a ftriking example : Parturiunt montes , nafcetur ridiculus mus . C The ...
... termed an anticlimax , where the progress is from great to little ; for this has the effect to make diminutive objects appear still more diminutive . Horace affords a ftriking example : Parturiunt montes , nafcetur ridiculus mus . C The ...
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... termed accenting a fyllable , or gracing it with an accent . Opposed to the accent , is the cadence , which I have not mentioned as one of the requifites . , of verfe , because it is entirely regulated D4 of Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF ...
... termed accenting a fyllable , or gracing it with an accent . Opposed to the accent , is the cadence , which I have not mentioned as one of the requifites . , of verfe , because it is entirely regulated D4 of Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF ...
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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