The Critical Review: Or, Annals of Literature, Volume 56Tobias George Smollett W. Simpkin and R. Marshall., 1783 Each number includes a classified "Monthly catalogue." |
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... style of the Old Testament , he obferves , is carried on by conftant allufions to fenfible objects . Iniquity , or guilt , is expreffed by a spotted garment ; mifery , by drinking the cup of aftonishment ; vain purfuits , by feeding on ...
... style of the Old Testament , he obferves , is carried on by conftant allufions to fenfible objects . Iniquity , or guilt , is expreffed by a spotted garment ; mifery , by drinking the cup of aftonishment ; vain purfuits , by feeding on ...
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... style , diffufe , concife , feeble , nervous , dry , plain , neat , eligant , flowery . Lect . XIX . Of the general Characters of Style , fimple , af- fected , vehement ; with Directions for forming a proper Style.- With refpect to ...
... style , diffufe , concife , feeble , nervous , dry , plain , neat , eligant , flowery . Lect . XIX . Of the general Characters of Style , fimple , af- fected , vehement ; with Directions for forming a proper Style.- With refpect to ...
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... style , which dazzle and fatigue the reader's imagination ; but we cannot at the fame time , with any propriety , reprefent them as things unpleafing to the palate , or difguitingly lufcious . ' < The real and proper ornaments of style ...
... style , which dazzle and fatigue the reader's imagination ; but we cannot at the fame time , with any propriety , reprefent them as things unpleafing to the palate , or difguitingly lufcious . ' < The real and proper ornaments of style ...
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