Elements of Criticism, Volum 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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Pàgina 83
... period of life , generally speaking , we eat at a cer- tain hour , take exercise at a certain hour , go to reft at a certain hour , all by the direc- tion of habit . Nay a particular feat , table , bed , comes to be effential . And a ...
... period of life , generally speaking , we eat at a cer- tain hour , take exercise at a certain hour , go to reft at a certain hour , all by the direc- tion of habit . Nay a particular feat , table , bed , comes to be effential . And a ...
Pàgina 103
... period the plant is nei- ther agreeable nor difagreeable . Continu- ing the use , we begin to relish it ; and our relish increases by ufe till it come to its ut- most extent . From this ftate it gradually decays , while the habit ...
... period the plant is nei- ther agreeable nor difagreeable . Continu- ing the use , we begin to relish it ; and our relish increases by ufe till it come to its ut- most extent . From this ftate it gradually decays , while the habit ...
Pàgina 238
... period . And in the last place , periods united in a discourse . With respect to the first article , every vowel is founded by a fingle expiration of air from the wind - pipe through the cavity of the mouth ; and by varying this cavity ...
... period . And in the last place , periods united in a discourse . With respect to the first article , every vowel is founded by a fingle expiration of air from the wind - pipe through the cavity of the mouth ; and by varying this cavity ...
Pàgina 249
... period . And as the arrangement of words in fuc- ceffion so as to afford the greatest pleasure to the ear , depends on principles pretty re- mote from common view , it will be necef- fary to premise fome general obfervations upon the ...
... period . And as the arrangement of words in fuc- ceffion so as to afford the greatest pleasure to the ear , depends on principles pretty re- mote from common view , it will be necef- fary to premise fome general obfervations upon the ...
Pàgina 251
... period , which , according to our author's expreffion , ought not more than fingle words to proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the greater . In arranging the members of a period , no wri- * De ftructura perfectæ ...
... period , which , according to our author's expreffion , ought not more than fingle words to proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the greater . In arranging the members of a period , no wri- * De ftructura perfectæ ...
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt beſtow betwixt cafe caufe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf Jane Shore laft language laſt lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſh purpoſe raiſed reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſcarce ſenſe ſeparate ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome ſpectator Spondees ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe ther theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words