Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 - Criticism |
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... jects make when placed in an increafing or de- creafing feries ; which appearance will be very different , accordingly as resemblance or contrast prevails . Where the objects vary by small differ- ences fo as to have a mutual ...
... jects make when placed in an increafing or de- creafing feries ; which appearance will be very different , accordingly as resemblance or contrast prevails . Where the objects vary by small differ- ences fo as to have a mutual ...
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... jects are not otherwife related than by juxta- pofition of the words that express them . Hence , to elevate or deprefs an object , one method is , to join it in the expreffion with another that is naturally high or low : witness the ...
... jects are not otherwife related than by juxta- pofition of the words that express them . Hence , to elevate or deprefs an object , one method is , to join it in the expreffion with another that is naturally high or low : witness the ...
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... jects of the fame kind , differing only in fize , are to be ranged along a straight line , the most a- greeable order to the eye is that of an increasing feries in furveying a number of such objects , beginning at the leaft , and ...
... jects of the fame kind , differing only in fize , are to be ranged along a straight line , the most a- greeable order to the eye is that of an increasing feries in furveying a number of such objects , beginning at the leaft , and ...
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... jects , jects , which have a powerful influence , claim precedence Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 171.
... jects , jects , which have a powerful influence , claim precedence Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 171.
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Lord Henry Home Kames. jects , which have a powerful influence , claim precedence in this inquiry . In the chapter of grandeur and fublimity it is established , that a grand or fublime ... jects, which have a powerful influence, claim ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. jects , which have a powerful influence , claim precedence in this inquiry . In the chapter of grandeur and fublimity it is established , that a grand or fublime ... jects, which have a powerful influence, claim ...
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