Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... never to be facrificed to a- ny other beauty , which leads me to think that Elements of Criticifin , vol . I. p . 43. edit . I. the paffage may be improved as follows : " and B4 the Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 23 There is want of ...
... never to be facrificed to a- ny other beauty , which leads me to think that Elements of Criticifin , vol . I. p . 43. edit . I. the paffage may be improved as follows : " and B4 the Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 23 There is want of ...
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... woman's face break out in heats , as fhe has been talking against a great Lord , whom she had ne ver seen in her life ; and indeed never knew ver 32 Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . This rule of ftudying uniformity between ...
... woman's face break out in heats , as fhe has been talking against a great Lord , whom she had ne ver seen in her life ; and indeed never knew ver 32 Ch . XVIII . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . This rule of ftudying uniformity between ...
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... never knew a party - wo- man that kept her beauty for a twelvemonth . Spectator , N ° 57 . Lord Bolingbroke , fpeaking of Strada : I fingle him out among the moderns , because he had the foolish prefumption to cenfure Tacitus , and to ...
... never knew a party - wo- man that kept her beauty for a twelvemonth . Spectator , N ° 57 . Lord Bolingbroke , fpeaking of Strada : I fingle him out among the moderns , because he had the foolish prefumption to cenfure Tacitus , and to ...
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... never to be placed between two capital members of a period ; for by fuch fituation it must always be doubtful , fo far as we gather from the arrange- ment , to which of the two members it belongs : where it is interjected , as it ought ...
... never to be placed between two capital members of a period ; for by fuch fituation it must always be doubtful , fo far as we gather from the arrange- ment , to which of the two members it belongs : where it is interjected , as it ought ...
Strona 67
... never are graceful but when interfperfed among the capital parts . I il- luftrate this rule by the following example . It is likewife urged , that there are , by computation , in this kingdom , above 10,000 parfons , whofe revenues ...
... never are graceful but when interfperfed among the capital parts . I il- luftrate this rule by the following example . It is likewife urged , that there are , by computation , in this kingdom , above 10,000 parfons , whofe revenues ...
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