Elements of Criticism, Volume 2John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 - Criticism |
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... fignify . The imitative power of words goes one ftep farther : the loftinefs of fome words makes them proper symbols ... fignification and from their imitative power : they are more or less agreeable to the ear , by the fulness ...
... fignify . The imitative power of words goes one ftep farther : the loftinefs of fome words makes them proper symbols ... fignification and from their imitative power : they are more or less agreeable to the ear , by the fulness ...
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... fignify ideas very little connected , are how- ever forc'd into an artificial union . Here is the paffage : Germania omnis a Galliis , Rhætiifque , et Pannoniis , Rheno et Danubio fluminibus ; a Sarmatis Dacifque , mu- tuo metu aut ...
... fignify ideas very little connected , are how- ever forc'd into an artificial union . Here is the paffage : Germania omnis a Galliis , Rhætiifque , et Pannoniis , Rheno et Danubio fluminibus ; a Sarmatis Dacifque , mu- tuo metu aut ...
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... In gene- ral , to preferve members diftinct that fignify things diftinguished in the thought , the best method is , to place first in the confequent member , fome word E 3 to Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 61 Better thus: ...
... In gene- ral , to preferve members diftinct that fignify things diftinguished in the thought , the best method is , to place first in the confequent member , fome word E 3 to Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 61 Better thus: ...
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... ; otherwise we have a fenfe of diforder , as of things placed by chance : and we naturally place words in the fame order in which See chap . I. which we would place the things they fignify . The 62 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE , Ch . XVIII .
... ; otherwise we have a fenfe of diforder , as of things placed by chance : and we naturally place words in the fame order in which See chap . I. which we would place the things they fignify . The 62 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE , Ch . XVIII .
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Lord Henry Home Kames. which we would place the things they fignify . The bad effect of a violent feparation of words or members thus intimately connected , will appear from the following examples . For the English are naturally fanciful ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. which we would place the things they fignify . The bad effect of a violent feparation of words or members thus intimately connected , will appear from the following examples . For the English are naturally fanciful ...
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