Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1762 |
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... tion of congruity or propriety : the terms to us would be unintelligible * . As this fenfe is difplayed upon relations , it is reasonable beforehand to expect , that * From many things that pafs current in the world with- out being ...
... tion of congruity or propriety : the terms to us would be unintelligible * . As this fenfe is difplayed upon relations , it is reasonable beforehand to expect , that * From many things that pafs current in the world with- out being ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. tion is disgustful . Every one must be fen- fible of a grofs incongruity in the Lutrin , a burlesque poem , being closed with a serious and warm panegyric on Lamoignon , one of the King's judges : Amphora cœpit ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. tion is disgustful . Every one must be fen- fible of a grofs incongruity in the Lutrin , a burlesque poem , being closed with a serious and warm panegyric on Lamoignon , one of the King's judges : Amphora cœpit ...
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... of Auguftus , receives daily marks of his affec- tion , and is loaded with benefits ; yet all the while is laying plots to affaffinate her be- B 2 nefactor , > nefactor , directed by no other motive but to avenge Ch . X. AND PROPRIETY . II.
... of Auguftus , receives daily marks of his affec- tion , and is loaded with benefits ; yet all the while is laying plots to affaffinate her be- B 2 nefactor , > nefactor , directed by no other motive but to avenge Ch . X. AND PROPRIETY . II.
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... tion in the fame fubject , but never in the fame refpect . I give for an example a very little man buckled to a long toledo . Con- fidering the man and the fword with re- spect to fize , we perceive a difproportion . Confidering the ...
... tion in the fame fubject , but never in the fame refpect . I give for an example a very little man buckled to a long toledo . Con- fidering the man and the fword with re- spect to fize , we perceive a difproportion . Confidering the ...
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