Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... words goes one step farther . The loftinefs of fome words , makes them proper fymbols of lofty ideas : a rough fubject is imitated by harfh - founding words ; and words of many fyllables , pronounced flow and fmooth , are naturally ...
... words goes one step farther . The loftinefs of fome words , makes them proper fymbols of lofty ideas : a rough fubject is imitated by harfh - founding words ; and words of many fyllables , pronounced flow and fmooth , are naturally ...
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... word is at- tended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third fection come thofe fingular beauties of ... words united in a period . And in the laft place , periods united in a difcourfe . With refpect to the firft article ...
... word is at- tended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third fection come thofe fingular beauties of ... words united in a period . And in the laft place , periods united in a difcourfe . With refpect to the firft article ...
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... words ; which make a 4 . article . Monofyllables belong to the former head . Polyfyllables open a different fcene . In a curfory view , one will readily imagine , that the effect a word hath upon the muft de- pend entirely upon the ...
... words ; which make a 4 . article . Monofyllables belong to the former head . Polyfyllables open a different fcene . In a curfory view , one will readily imagine , that the effect a word hath upon the muft de- pend entirely upon the ...
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... words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of fylla- bles pronounced quick , commonly called long and fhort fyllables , have little melody in them . Witnefs the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness . On the other hand ...
... words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of fylla- bles pronounced quick , commonly called long and fhort fyllables , have little melody in them . Witnefs the words petitioner , fruiterer , dizziness . On the other hand ...
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... words and actions , form the character of one people . Politeness , reserve , and a total difguife of every fen- timent that can give offence , form the character of another people . To each the manners of the other are difagreeable ...
... words and actions , form the character of one people . Politeness , reserve , and a total difguife of every fen- timent that can give offence , form the character of another people . To each the manners of the other are difagreeable ...
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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