Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 |
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... observe , that this beauty is the beauty of means fitted to an end , that of communicating thought : and hence it ... observation . are apt , fays that author , to confound the language with the fubject ; and if the latter be nervous ...
... observe , that this beauty is the beauty of means fitted to an end , that of communicating thought : and hence it ... observation . are apt , fays that author , to confound the language with the fubject ; and if the latter be nervous ...
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... observations afford a standard to every nation , for estimating , pretty accurately , the compara- tive merit of the words that enter into their own lan- guage : but they are not equally useful in comparing the words of different ...
... observations afford a standard to every nation , for estimating , pretty accurately , the compara- tive merit of the words that enter into their own lan- guage : but they are not equally useful in comparing the words of different ...
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... observed , because it makes a difcordance between the thought and expreffion . For the fame rea- fon , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This last , termed verbal antithefts ...
... observed , because it makes a difcordance between the thought and expreffion . For the fame rea- fon , we ought alfo to avoid every artificial oppofition of words where there is none in the thought . This last , termed verbal antithefts ...
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... observed above , requires the chief part to be named first for that reason we begin with the fhaft ; and the bafe comes next in order , that we may afcend from it to the capital . Lattly , In tracing the particulars of a- ny natural ...
... observed above , requires the chief part to be named first for that reason we begin with the fhaft ; and the bafe comes next in order , that we may afcend from it to the capital . Lattly , In tracing the particulars of a- ny natural ...
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... observations . That order of the words and members of a period is justly termed natural , which correfponds to the natu ral order of the ideas that compofe the thought . The tendency of many of the foregoing rules is to fubsti- tute an ...
... observations . That order of the words and members of a period is justly termed natural , which correfponds to the natu ral order of the ideas that compofe the thought . The tendency of many of the foregoing rules is to fubsti- tute an ...
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