 I mean the lengthening of a phrase by the addition of words, which may either be inserted or omitted, as also by the extending or contracting of particular words by the insertion or omission of certain syllables.  The Classical Journal - Page 271824Full view - About this book
 | John Milton - 1852 - 858 pages
...vvith that of any other tongue, and is therefore m- r- used by Homer lhan by any oilier pod; I mean fhc lengthening of a phrase by the addition of words which...be inserted or omitted, as also by the extending or cofttracting of particular words, by the insertion or omission of certain syllables. Milton has put... | |
 | Spectator The - 1853 - 1118 pages
...and throw it out of prose. tongue, and is therefore more used by Homer than by any other poet. J mean the lengthening of a phrase by the addition of words, which may either he inserted or omitted, as also by the extending or contracting of particular words by the insertion... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1854 - 710 pages
...by Homer than by any other poet. I mean the lengthening of aphrase by the addition of words, whjch may either be inserted or omitted, as also by the extending or contraeting of particular words by the insertion or omission of certain syllables. Milton has put in... | |
 | Spectator The - 1857 - 780 pages
...than with thai of any other tongue, and is therein more used by Homer than by any other poet, mean tioned to a stupid pretender to poetry, as a project...a Dutch mechanic, vix. a mill to make verses. This wards by the insertion or omission of certain syllables. Milton has put in practice this method ol... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English essays - 1864 - 472 pages
...with that of any other tongue, and is therefore more used by Homer than by any othei j>oet; I mean the lengthening of a phrase by the addition of words,...nature of our tongue will permit, as in the passage above mentioned, eremite, for what is hermit in common discourse. If you observe the measure of his... | |
 | John Milton - Freedom of the press - 1869 - 588 pages
...by the Infertion or Omiflion of certain Syllables. Milton has put in practice this Method of raifing his Language, as far as the nature of our Tongue will permit, as in the Paflage above-mentioned, Eremite, [for] what is Hermit[e], in common Difcourfe. If you obferve the... | |
 | Roger Ascham - Archery - 1868 - 372 pages
...by the Infertion or Omifiion of certain Syllables. Milton has put in practice this Method of raifmg his Language, as far as the nature of our Tongue will permit, as in the Paffage above-mentioned, Eremite, [for] what is Hermit[e], in common Difcourfe. If you obferve the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - 1868 - 196 pages
...by the Infertion or Omiffion of certain Syllables. Milton has put in practice this Method of raifing his Language, as far as the nature of our Tongue will permit, as in the Paffage above-mentioned, Eremite, [for] what is Hermit[e], in common Difcourfe. If you obferve the... | |
 | Society for promoting Christian knowledge - 1872 - 266 pages
...than with that of any other tongue, and is therefore more used by Homer than by any other poet. I mean the lengthening of a phrase by the addition of words,...nature of our tongue will permit, as, in the passage above mentioned, eremite, for what is hermit in common discourse. If you observe the measure of his... | |
 | 1889 - 610 pages
...avoided, and the Sublime formed ' by the use of metaphors, and of idioms from other languages, and by ' the lengthening of a Phrase by the addition of Words,...by the Insertion or Omission of certain Syllables.' The defects pointed out by Addison are (1) that the event of the fable, or plot, is unhappy ; (2) that... | |
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