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Pagina 4
... . We are apt , fays that author , to confound the language with the fubject ; and if the latter be nervous , we judge the fame of think accurately , must be diftinguished from each other . 4 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIIL.
... . We are apt , fays that author , to confound the language with the fubject ; and if the latter be nervous , we judge the fame of think accurately , must be diftinguished from each other . 4 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIIL.
Pagina 9
... latter are discovered many founds fingly a- greeable , which in conjunction are extremely dif- agreeable ; none but what are called concordant founds having a good effect in conjunction . In the former , all founds , fingly agreeable ...
... latter are discovered many founds fingly a- greeable , which in conjunction are extremely dif- agreeable ; none but what are called concordant founds having a good effect in conjunction . In the former , all founds , fingly agreeable ...
Pagina 10
... latter , the last fyllable is generally long . For example , Senator in English , Senator in Latin , and Senateur in French . ful ful in comparing the words of different languages ; which IO BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
... latter , the last fyllable is generally long . For example , Senator in English , Senator in Latin , and Senateur in French . ful ful in comparing the words of different languages ; which IO BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
Pagina 19
... latter refembling the order in which they are pla- ced . Hence the beauties of language with refpect to fignification , may not improperly be diftin- guished into two kinds : first , the beauties that arife from a right choice of words ...
... latter refembling the order in which they are pla- ced . Hence the beauties of language with refpect to fignification , may not improperly be diftin- guished into two kinds : first , the beauties that arife from a right choice of words ...
Pagina 44
... latter cafe the army appears in one group ; in the former , we take as it were an accurate fur- vey of each nation and of each divifion * . We proceed to the second kind of beauty ; which confists in a due arrangement of the words or ma ...
... latter cafe the army appears in one group ; in the former , we take as it were an accurate fur- vey of each nation and of each divifion * . We proceed to the second kind of beauty ; which confists in a due arrangement of the words or ma ...
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abſtract accent action Æneid againſt agreeable alfo alſo appears beauty becauſe caufe cauſe cenfured chap circumftance cloſe compariſon compofition confidered connected defcribing defcription difagreeable diftinct diftinguiſhed effect emotions Eneid Engliſh epic epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe feparation fhall fhould fignify figure fimile fingle firft firſt fome ftill fubject fuch fupport fyllables garden greateſt hath Hexameter hiftory himſelf houſe Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf ject language laſt leaſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion ornaments paffage paffion paufe pauſe perfon pleaſant pleaſe pleaſure poem preſent profe proper purpoſe raiſed reaſon refpect reft reliſh repreſentation repreſented reſemblance rhyme Richard II rule ſcarce ſcene ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſpeech Spondees tafte taſte thefe theſe things thoſe thou tion uſe vafe verfe verſe words
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