Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Neill, 1807 - Criticism |
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... sense , we feel a very remarkable pleasure . But this fubject belongs to the third fection . The foregoing obfervations afford a standard to every nation , for eftimating , pretty accurately , the comparative merit of the words that ...
... sense , we feel a very remarkable pleasure . But this fubject belongs to the third fection . The foregoing obfervations afford a standard to every nation , for eftimating , pretty accurately , the comparative merit of the words that ...
Page 23
... sense , that these are only different names given to the fame object for the fake of variety . But perfpicuity ought never to be facrificed to any other beauty , which leads me to think that the passage may be improved as follows ...
... sense , that these are only different names given to the fame object for the fake of variety . But perfpicuity ought never to be facrificed to any other beauty , which leads me to think that the passage may be improved as follows ...
Page 57
... sense is left doubtful ; beginning , as in the former fort , with examples of wrong arrangement of words in a member . Thefe forms of converfation by degrees multiplied and grew troublefome . Spectator , No. 119 . Here it is left ...
... sense is left doubtful ; beginning , as in the former fort , with examples of wrong arrangement of words in a member . Thefe forms of converfation by degrees multiplied and grew troublefome . Spectator , No. 119 . Here it is left ...
Page 62
... sense comes out clearly and diftinctly by means of a happy ar- rangement . Such influence has this beauty , that by a natural tranfition of perception , it is commu- nicated to the very found of the words , fo as in appearance to ...
... sense comes out clearly and diftinctly by means of a happy ar- rangement . Such influence has this beauty , that by a natural tranfition of perception , it is commu- nicated to the very found of the words , fo as in appearance to ...
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... sense of order directs the eye to defcend from the principal to its greatest acceffory , and from the whole to its greateft part , and in the fame order through all the parts and acceffories till we arrive at the minuteft ; the fame ...
... sense of order directs the eye to defcend from the principal to its greatest acceffory , and from the whole to its greateft part , and in the fame order through all the parts and acceffories till we arrive at the minuteft ; the fame ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appear beauty becauſe cafe cauſe Chap circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription Demetrius Phalereus diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid Engliſh epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fcene fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparated fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fize fome fometimes fpeech ftandard ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fupport garden hath Hexameter himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf language laſt leaſt lefs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion oppofite ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon pleaſe pleaſure poem prefent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft reprefented repreſentation reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſhall ſhort Spondees tafte taſte thefe theſe thing thoſe thou thought tion uſe vafes verfe verſe words