Literary Criticism of Seventeenth-century EnglandEdward W. Tayler |
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... tion of sentence , sweet falling of the clause , varying an illustra- tion by tropes and figures , weight of Matter , worth of Subject , soundnesse of Argument , life of Invention , and depth of Judge- ment . This is Monte potiri , to ...
... tion of sentence , sweet falling of the clause , varying an illustra- tion by tropes and figures , weight of Matter , worth of Subject , soundnesse of Argument , life of Invention , and depth of Judge- ment . This is Monte potiri , to ...
Page 353
... tion , First to hard words . Secondly , to deep and mysterious no- tions . Thirdly , to affected Rhetorications , and Fourthly , to Phan- tastical Phrases . 1. The Preacher should use plain words : so the end , Edifica- tion , requires ...
... tion , First to hard words . Secondly , to deep and mysterious no- tions . Thirdly , to affected Rhetorications , and Fourthly , to Phan- tastical Phrases . 1. The Preacher should use plain words : so the end , Edifica- tion , requires ...
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... tion by this Attempt , yet my generous Ambition will merit a Magnis tamen excidit Ausis . One thing I must possess you of in my favour , that my unhappy Circumstances allow me not time to use all the Caution I ought , or search all the ...
... tion by this Attempt , yet my generous Ambition will merit a Magnis tamen excidit Ausis . One thing I must possess you of in my favour , that my unhappy Circumstances allow me not time to use all the Caution I ought , or search all the ...
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