Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II]., Volume 2A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 - Criticism |
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... , language sometimes fur- nisheth words , which , beside their customary power of exciting ideas , resemble by their soft- A 2 ness or harshness the found described ; and there are. nefs * Chap . 2. part 1 , sect . 4. ELEMENTS CRITICISM. ..
... , language sometimes fur- nisheth words , which , beside their customary power of exciting ideas , resemble by their soft- A 2 ness or harshness the found described ; and there are. nefs * Chap . 2. part 1 , sect . 4. ELEMENTS CRITICISM. ..
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... Beside these , which are the capital parts of a fentence or period , there are generally un- der - parts : each of the fubftantives as well as the verb , may be qualified : time , place , purpose , motive , means , inftrument , and a ...
... Beside these , which are the capital parts of a fentence or period , there are generally un- der - parts : each of the fubftantives as well as the verb , may be qualified : time , place , purpose , motive , means , inftrument , and a ...
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... beside , that the u- sing a prepofition in this cafe , is not always a matter of choice : it is indifpenfable with respect to every circumstance that cannot be expressed by a single adjective or adverb . To pave the way for the rules of ...
... beside , that the u- sing a prepofition in this cafe , is not always a matter of choice : it is indifpenfable with respect to every circumstance that cannot be expressed by a single adjective or adverb . To pave the way for the rules of ...
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... besides women and Jews . God's revenge against punning . Arbuthnot . Such also was that dreadful conflagration enfuing in this famous metropolis of London , which confumed , ac- cording to the computation of Sir Samuel Morland , 100,000 ...
... besides women and Jews . God's revenge against punning . Arbuthnot . Such also was that dreadful conflagration enfuing in this famous metropolis of London , which confumed , ac- cording to the computation of Sir Samuel Morland , 100,000 ...
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... Beside this complete close or full pause at the end , others are also re- quisite for the fake of melody ; of which I difco- ver two clearly , and perhaps there may be more ver Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 109 ing each of them one ...
... Beside this complete close or full pause at the end , others are also re- quisite for the fake of melody ; of which I difco- ver two clearly , and perhaps there may be more ver Sect . IV . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 109 ing each of them one ...
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