Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... reason , we ought alfo to avoid every ar- tificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This laft , termed verbal antithefis , is ftudied by writers of no tafte ; and is relifhed by readers of the fame ftamp ...
... reason , we ought alfo to avoid every ar- tificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This laft , termed verbal antithefis , is ftudied by writers of no tafte ; and is relifhed by readers of the fame ftamp ...
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... reason there given , another concurs , viz . That if other ideas intervene , it is difficult to recal the per- fon or thing by reference . If I had leave to print the Latin letters tranfmit- ted to me from foreign parts , they would ...
... reason there given , another concurs , viz . That if other ideas intervene , it is difficult to recal the per- fon or thing by reference . If I had leave to print the Latin letters tranfmit- ted to me from foreign parts , they would ...
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... reason a- gainst closing a period with a circumftance . There are however periods that admit not this ftructure ; and in that cafe , the capital word ought if poffible to be placed in the front , which next to the clofe is the most ...
... reason a- gainst closing a period with a circumftance . There are however periods that admit not this ftructure ; and in that cafe , the capital word ought if poffible to be placed in the front , which next to the clofe is the most ...
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... reason , the words expreffive of fuch objects ought to be placed in the fame or- der . The beauty of this figure , which may be termed a climax in fenfe , has escaped Lord Boling- broke in the first member of the following period . Let ...
... reason , the words expreffive of fuch objects ought to be placed in the fame or- der . The beauty of this figure , which may be termed a climax in fenfe , has escaped Lord Boling- broke in the first member of the following period . Let ...
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... reason , made use of this Platonic notion , & c . Men of the beft fenfe have been touched , more or lefs , with thefe groundlefs horrors and prefages of futurity , upon furveying the most indifferent works of nature . Spectator , No ...
... reason , made use of this Platonic notion , & c . Men of the beft fenfe have been touched , more or lefs , with thefe groundlefs horrors and prefages of futurity , upon furveying the most indifferent works of nature . Spectator , No ...
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