Elements of Criticism..Charles Ingham, in Skinner Row, 1772 - Criticism |
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... proportion in our tongue . The author above - mention- ed , by fhowing a good example , did all in his power to reftore that fyllable ; and he well deferves to be imita- ted . Some exceptions however I would make : a word that fignifies ...
... proportion in our tongue . The author above - mention- ed , by fhowing a good example , did all in his power to reftore that fyllable ; and he well deferves to be imita- ted . Some exceptions however I would make : a word that fignifies ...
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... proportion of the ethereal fpirit than is given in the ordinary courfe of his providence to the fons of men . Bolingbroke , on the spirit of patriotism , let.4 . To crowd into a fingle member of a period different fubjects , is ftill ...
... proportion of the ethereal fpirit than is given in the ordinary courfe of his providence to the fons of men . Bolingbroke , on the spirit of patriotism , let.4 . To crowd into a fingle member of a period different fubjects , is ftill ...
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... proportion as the prefervation of the conftitution in its purity and vi- gour , or the perverting and weakening it , are of greater confequence to the nation , than any other inftances of good or bad government . Differtation upon ...
... proportion as the prefervation of the conftitution in its purity and vi- gour , or the perverting and weakening it , are of greater confequence to the nation , than any other inftances of good or bad government . Differtation upon ...
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... proportion to the number of accents , every word that has a long fyllable may be accented ; unless the fense in terpofe , * An accent confidered with reip.ct to fense is termed emphafis . terpofe , which rejects the accenting a word ...
... proportion to the number of accents , every word that has a long fyllable may be accented ; unless the fense in terpofe , * An accent confidered with reip.ct to fense is termed emphafis . terpofe , which rejects the accenting a word ...
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... proportion : upon comparing a very high to a very low fubject , the finile takes on an air of burlesque ; and the fame will be the effect , where the one is imagi- ned to be the other , as in a metaphor ; or made to re- prefent the ...
... proportion : upon comparing a very high to a very low fubject , the finile takes on an air of burlesque ; and the fame will be the effect , where the one is imagi- ned to be the other , as in a metaphor ; or made to re- prefent the ...
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