Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II].A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... should be doubted whether perfpicuity be a po- fitive beauty , it cannot be doubted , that the want of it is the greatest defect . Nothing therefore in language ought more to be studied , than to pre- vent all obfcurity in the ...
... should be doubted whether perfpicuity be a po- fitive beauty , it cannot be doubted , that the want of it is the greatest defect . Nothing therefore in language ought more to be studied , than to pre- vent all obfcurity in the ...
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... should perfift in preffing this point . Differtation upon parties , Dedication . See Girard's French grammar , difcourfe 12 . An argument against abolishing Chriftianity . Swift . 1 Next as to examples of disjunction and opposi- tion in ...
... should perfift in preffing this point . Differtation upon parties , Dedication . See Girard's French grammar , difcourfe 12 . An argument against abolishing Chriftianity . Swift . 1 Next as to examples of disjunction and opposi- tion in ...
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... should be , Thefe forms of converfation multiplied by degrees . Nor does this falfe modefty expofe us only to fuch ac- tions as are indifcreet , but very often to fuch tions Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 57 The wrong fenfe occafioned ...
... should be , Thefe forms of converfation multiplied by degrees . Nor does this falfe modefty expofe us only to fuch ac- tions as are indifcreet , but very often to fuch tions Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . 57 The wrong fenfe occafioned ...
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... should be a perpe- tual intercourse of buying and felling , and dealing upon credit , where fraud is permitted or connived at , or hath no law to punish it , the honeft dealer is always undone , and the knave gets the advantage ...
... should be a perpe- tual intercourse of buying and felling , and dealing upon credit , where fraud is permitted or connived at , or hath no law to punish it , the honeft dealer is always undone , and the knave gets the advantage ...
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... finful people , has inflicted upon whole nations . For when the degeneracy becomes common , ' tis but just the punishment should be general . general . Of this kind , in our own unfortunate 66 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
... finful people , has inflicted upon whole nations . For when the degeneracy becomes common , ' tis but just the punishment should be general . general . Of this kind , in our own unfortunate 66 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
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الصفحة 184 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
الصفحة 327 - O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome, Knew you not POmpey? Many a time and oft Have you climb'd up to walls and battlements, To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops, Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The livelong day, with patient expectation, To see great POmpey pass the streets of Rome...
الصفحة 234 - To monarchize, be fear'd and kill with looks, Infusing him with self and vain conceit, As if this flesh which walls about our life Were brass impregnable, and...
الصفحة 277 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
الصفحة 234 - O gentle sleep, Nature's soft nurse, how have I frighted thee, That thou no more wilt weigh my eyelids down, And steep my senses in forgetfulness...
الصفحة 312 - Why, well; Never so truly happy, my good Cromwell. I know myself now; and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience.
الصفحة 235 - Wilt thou upon the high and giddy mast Seal up the ship-boy's eyes, and rock his brains In cradle of the rude imperious surge, And in the visitation of the winds, Who take the ruffian billows by the top, Curling their monstrous heads, and hanging them With deafening clamour in the slippery clouds, That, with the hurly, death itself awakes...
الصفحة 332 - There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pond, And do a wilful stillness entertain, With purpose to be dress'd in an opinion Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit; As who should say, " I am Sir Oracle, And when I ope my lips let no dog bark...
الصفحة 432 - Flowers worthy of Paradise, which not nice Art In beds and curious knots, but Nature boon Pour'd forth profuse on hill, and dale, and plain...
الصفحة 277 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...