Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... must be brought under one view ; and verfification , at any rate , is a fubject of fo great importance , as to deferve a place by itself . SECT . I. Beauty of language with respect to found . ' N handling this fubject , the following ...
... must be brought under one view ; and verfification , at any rate , is a fubject of fo great importance , as to deferve a place by itself . SECT . I. Beauty of language with respect to found . ' N handling this fubject , the following ...
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... must be heard if neither of them be fuppreff- ed . For the fame reafon , every fyllable muft be compofed of as many founds as there are letters , fuppofing every letter to be distinctly pronoun- ced . We next inquire , how far ...
... must be heard if neither of them be fuppreff- ed . For the fame reafon , every fyllable muft be compofed of as many founds as there are letters , fuppofing every letter to be distinctly pronoun- ced . We next inquire , how far ...
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... must judge for itself ; nor can there be any folid ground for a preference , when there is no common ftandard to which we can appeal . The cafe is precisely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity , liberty ...
... must judge for itself ; nor can there be any folid ground for a preference , when there is no common ftandard to which we can appeal . The cafe is precisely the fame as in behaviour and manners : plain - dealing and fincerity , liberty ...
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... must be evident , that the ufing words which convey clear and distinct ideas , must be one of its capital beauties . This cause of beauty , is too extenfive to be handled as a branch of any other fubject : for to ascertain with accuracy ...
... must be evident , that the ufing words which convey clear and distinct ideas , must be one of its capital beauties . This cause of beauty , is too extenfive to be handled as a branch of any other fubject : for to ascertain with accuracy ...
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... must humbly decline . Nor do I propose to exhaust all the other beauties of language with refpect to fignification : the read- er , in a work like the prefent , cannot fairly ex- pect more than a flight sketch of thofe that make the ...
... must humbly decline . Nor do I propose to exhaust all the other beauties of language with refpect to fignification : the read- er , in a work like the prefent , cannot fairly ex- pect more than a flight sketch of thofe that make the ...
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Էջ 184 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Էջ 327 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
Էջ 234 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
Էջ 277 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Էջ 234 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
Էջ 312 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
Էջ 235 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
Էջ 332 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
Էջ 432 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
Էջ 277 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...