Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 - Criticism |
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... faid by a noted writer * , " That by IT " means of fpeech we can divert our forrows , " mingle our mirth , impart our fecrets , com- " municate our counfels , and make mutual com- " pacts and agreements to fupply and affift each " other ...
... faid by a noted writer * , " That by IT " means of fpeech we can divert our forrows , " mingle our mirth , impart our fecrets , com- " municate our counfels , and make mutual com- " pacts and agreements to fupply and affift each " other ...
Page 53
... faid that inverfion has any limits ; though I may venture to pro- nounce , that the disjunction of articles , con- junctions , or prepofitions , from the words to which they belong , has very feldom a good ef- fect the following example ...
... faid that inverfion has any limits ; though I may venture to pro- nounce , that the disjunction of articles , con- junctions , or prepofitions , from the words to which they belong , has very feldom a good ef- fect the following example ...
Page 80
... fup- ported by a good tafte , will in time make the choice eafy . All that can be faid in general is , that that in making a choice , found ought to yield 80 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch.XVIII . ver, you are beginning to enter into a course ...
... fup- ported by a good tafte , will in time make the choice eafy . All that can be faid in general is , that that in making a choice , found ought to yield 80 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch.XVIII . ver, you are beginning to enter into a course ...
Page 124
... the sense . What is faid fhall be illuftrated by examples of each fort or order . And firft of the paufse af- ter the fourth fyllable : Back Back through the paths || of pleafing sense I ran 124 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
... the sense . What is faid fhall be illuftrated by examples of each fort or order . And firft of the paufse af- ter the fourth fyllable : Back Back through the paths || of pleafing sense I ran 124 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
Page 135
... faid about the paufe , leads to a gene- ral obfervation , That the natural order of pla- cing the active fubftantive and its verb , is more friendly to a pause than the inverted order ; but that in all the other connections , inverfion ...
... faid about the paufe , leads to a gene- ral obfervation , That the natural order of pla- cing the active fubftantive and its verb , is more friendly to a pause than the inverted order ; but that in all the other connections , inverfion ...
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