Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II]., Volume 2A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 - Criticism |
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... expreffed is disagreeable ; a thing that is loathfome , or a scene of horror to make one's hair ftand on end , may be described in a manner fo lively , as that the disagreeableness of the fubject shall not even obfcure the agree ...
... expreffed is disagreeable ; a thing that is loathfome , or a scene of horror to make one's hair ftand on end , may be described in a manner fo lively , as that the disagreeableness of the fubject shall not even obfcure the agree ...
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... expreffed in words foft and flowing ; and plain language devoid of ornament , is adapted to fubjects grave and didactic . Lan- guage may be confidered as the dress of thought ; and where the one is not fuited to the other , we are ...
... expreffed in words foft and flowing ; and plain language devoid of ornament , is adapted to fubjects grave and didactic . Lan- guage may be confidered as the dress of thought ; and where the one is not fuited to the other , we are ...
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... expreffed in words that have no re- femblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters very much to exceed that of any other productions . Letter to the Lord High Treasurer . Swift . This , instead of studying the ...
... expreffed in words that have no re- femblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters very much to exceed that of any other productions . Letter to the Lord High Treasurer . Swift . This , instead of studying the ...
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... expreffed thus : ' That fort of inftruction which is afforded by inculca- ting , & c . The bad effect of this change of perfon is remark- able in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts ...
... expreffed thus : ' That fort of inftruction which is afforded by inculca- ting , & c . The bad effect of this change of perfon is remark- able in the following paffage . The Britons , daily haraffed by cruel inroads from the Picts ...
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... expreffed by the copulatives , makes the parts ap- pear more numerous than they would do by run- ning them over with ... expreffed by a fubftan- tive noun : its action is expreffed by an active verb ; and the thing affected by the ...
... expreffed by the copulatives , makes the parts ap- pear more numerous than they would do by run- ning them over with ... expreffed by a fubftan- tive noun : its action is expreffed by an active verb ; and the thing affected by the ...
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