Elements of Criticism: Volume I [-II]., المجلد 2A. Millar, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh., 1765 |
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... lefs ca- vity than any of the vowels ; and confequently they contribute to form a found still more sharp than the sharpeft vowel pronounced fingle . Hence it follows , that every articulate found into which a confonant enters , muft ...
... lefs ca- vity than any of the vowels ; and confequently they contribute to form a found still more sharp than the sharpeft vowel pronounced fingle . Hence it follows , that every articulate found into which a confonant enters , muft ...
الصفحة 14
... lefs excu- fable to follow this practice in writing ; for the hurry of speaking may excufe what is altogether improper in a compofition of any value : the fyl- lable ed , it is true , makes but a poor figure at the end of a word ; but ...
... lefs excu- fable to follow this practice in writing ; for the hurry of speaking may excufe what is altogether improper in a compofition of any value : the fyl- lable ed , it is true , makes but a poor figure at the end of a word ; but ...
الصفحة 15
... lefs than usual * . Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the differences are fmall . Beginning at the smallest object of a series afcending by large See ...
... lefs than usual * . Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcending by large differences ; directly oppofite to what we feel when the differences are fmall . Beginning at the smallest object of a series afcending by large See ...
الصفحة 16
... lefs figure than when view- ed separately and independent of the feries . We may then lay down as a maxim , which ... lefs , but from the lefs to the greater † . In arranging the mem- bers of a period , no writer equals Cicero ...
... lefs figure than when view- ed separately and independent of the feries . We may then lay down as a maxim , which ... lefs , but from the lefs to the greater † . In arranging the mem- bers of a period , no writer equals Cicero ...
الصفحة 44
... lefs nice than extenfive ; and I despair to put it in a clear light , except to thofe who are well acquainted with the general principles that govern the struc- ture or compofition of language . In a thought , generally speaking , there ...
... lefs nice than extenfive ; and I despair to put it in a clear light , except to thofe who are well acquainted with the general principles that govern the struc- ture or compofition of language . In a thought , generally speaking , there ...
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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...