Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... verfe I propofe to handle in the latt fection . For though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe ; yet verfe has many peculiar beauties , which for the fake of perfpicuity must be brought under one view . And ...
... verfe I propofe to handle in the latt fection . For though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe ; yet verfe has many peculiar beauties , which for the fake of perfpicuity must be brought under one view . And ...
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... verfe . I give the following examples . Integer vitæ , fcelerifque purus , Non eget Mauris jaculi , neque arcu , Nec venenatis gravidâ fagittis , Fufce , pharetrâ . Horat . Carm . 1. 1. ode 22 . Je crains Dieu , cher Abner , et n'ai ...
... verfe . I give the following examples . Integer vitæ , fcelerifque purus , Non eget Mauris jaculi , neque arcu , Nec venenatis gravidâ fagittis , Fufce , pharetrâ . Horat . Carm . 1. 1. ode 22 . Je crains Dieu , cher Abner , et n'ai ...
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... verfe , and the fingle circumftance which in that language diftinguishes verfe from profe . And yet he pretends not to fay , that it hath any other power but to raise surprise ; he must mean curiofity ; which * Reflections fur la poefie ...
... verfe , and the fingle circumftance which in that language diftinguishes verfe from profe . And yet he pretends not to fay , that it hath any other power but to raise surprise ; he must mean curiofity ; which * Reflections fur la poefie ...
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... verfe . Olli fedato refpondit corde Latinus . Seventhly , a flow fucceffion of ideas is a circum- stance that belongs equally to fettled melancholy , and to a period compofed of polyfyllables pronoun- ced flow . Hence , by fimilarity of ...
... verfe . Olli fedato refpondit corde Latinus . Seventhly , a flow fucceffion of ideas is a circum- stance that belongs equally to fettled melancholy , and to a period compofed of polyfyllables pronoun- ced flow . Hence , by fimilarity of ...
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... verfe dif- tinguished from profe ? The difcuffion of this point is neceffary , were it for no other purpose but to af- certain the nature and limits of our fubject . To * De ftructura orationis , fect . 2 . produce • produce this ...
... verfe dif- tinguished from profe ? The difcuffion of this point is neceffary , were it for no other purpose but to af- certain the nature and limits of our fubject . To * De ftructura orationis , fect . 2 . produce • produce this ...
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