Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... give offence , form the character of another people to each the manners of the other are difagreeable . An effe- minate mind cannot bear the least of that rough- nefs 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 difagreeable . An effe- minate mind cannot bear the least of that rough- nefs and severity , which is generally esteemed manly when exerted upon ...
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... gives am- ple opportunity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the fmoother language * . This appears to me all that can be fafely determined upon the present point . With refpect to the other ...
... gives am- ple opportunity , muft , even in an effeminate ear , prevail over the more uniform founds of the fmoother language * . This appears to me all that can be fafely determined upon the present point . With refpect to the other ...
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... give a few ex- amples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too com- mon in the ordinary herd of writers to make ex- · amples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most celebrated ...
... give a few ex- amples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words ; and as this defect is too com- mon in the ordinary herd of writers to make ex- · amples from them neceffary , I confine myself to the most celebrated ...
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... give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with refemblances expreffed in words that have no re- femblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters very much to exceed that of any other productions ...
... give various examples of deviations from it ; beginning with refemblances expreffed in words that have no re- femblance . I have obferved of late , the ftyle of fome great minifters 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 : C4 That That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculca- ting Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 39.
... island of Ægina . I give another example of a period which is un- pleasant , even by a very flight deviation from the rule : C4 That That fort of inftruction which is acquired by inculca- ting Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 39.
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