Elements of Criticism, Volume 2J. Bell and W. Creech, 1788 - Criticism |
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... give offence , form the character of another people : to each the manners of the other are disagreeable . An effeminate m nd cannot bear the least of that roughness and severity which is generally esteemed manly , when exerted upon ...
... give offence , form the character of another people : to each the manners of the other are disagreeable . An effeminate m nd cannot bear the least of that roughness and severity which is generally esteemed manly , when exerted upon ...
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... gives ample opportu- nity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the fmoother langu- age * . This appears all that can be fafely deter- mined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other ...
... gives ample opportu- nity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the fmoother langu- age * . This appears all that can be fafely deter- mined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other ...
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... give a few examples where the obscu- rity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most celebrated authors ...
... give a few examples where the obscu- rity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too common in the ordinary herd of writers to make examples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most celebrated authors ...
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... give vari- ous examples of deviations from it ; beginning with resemblances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great mini- fters very much to exceed that of any other productions ...
... give vari- ous examples of deviations from it ; beginning with resemblances expreffed in words that have no refemblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great mini- fters very much to exceed that of any other productions ...
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... island of Ægina . I give another example of a period which is un- pleasant , even by a very flight deviation from the rule : That That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculca- ting Sect . II . 39 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE .
... island of Ægina . I give another example of a period which is un- pleasant , even by a very flight deviation from the rule : That That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculca- ting Sect . II . 39 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE .
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