Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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Page 75
... 3dly . Obscurity is produced by separating the adverb and the adjective , or the adverb and the verb . Ex . " A power is requisite of fixing the intellectual eye upon successive ob- jects so steadily , as that the more may never prevent ...
... 3dly . Obscurity is produced by separating the adverb and the adjective , or the adverb and the verb . Ex . " A power is requisite of fixing the intellectual eye upon successive ob- jects so steadily , as that the more may never prevent ...
Page 88
... 3dly . The objective case before the impera- tive mood . " How many nations have cer- tainly fallen from that importance which they had formerly borne among the societies of mankind , let the annals of the world declare . " " Suppose a ...
... 3dly . The objective case before the impera- tive mood . " How many nations have cer- tainly fallen from that importance which they had formerly borne among the societies of mankind , let the annals of the world declare . " " Suppose a ...
Page 97
... 3dly . Such as repeat the alike syllable in an awkward and unmusical manner , as holily , far- riery , sillily , & c . In the collocation of words we should also VOL . I. F carefully avoid an hiatus , if possible ; and I HARMONY . 97.
... 3dly . Such as repeat the alike syllable in an awkward and unmusical manner , as holily , far- riery , sillily , & c . In the collocation of words we should also VOL . I. F carefully avoid an hiatus , if possible ; and I HARMONY . 97.
Page 108
... the zeal , avarice , or re- sentment of the old man ( as he was corruptly styled ) of the mountain . " 3dly . When it is practicable , let the sentence close with the principal and emphatical words . The genius 108 SENTENCES .
... the zeal , avarice , or re- sentment of the old man ( as he was corruptly styled ) of the mountain . " 3dly . When it is practicable , let the sentence close with the principal and emphatical words . The genius 108 SENTENCES .
Page 150
... not to be trite ; such as comparing a violent passion to a tempest ; vir- tue to the sun ; one in distress to a flower droop- ing its head . 3dly . Comparisons or similies ought to be founded on 150 COMPARISONS AND SIMILIES .
... not to be trite ; such as comparing a violent passion to a tempest ; vir- tue to the sun ; one in distress to a flower droop- ing its head . 3dly . Comparisons or similies ought to be founded on 150 COMPARISONS AND SIMILIES .
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