Elements of Criticism: With the Author's Last Corrections and Additions : Vol. I( -II)From the Press of S. Etheridge, for J. White, Thomas & Andrews, W. Spotswood, D. West, W.P. Blake, E. Larkin, & J. West, 1796 - Criticism - 440 pages |
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... alfo agreeable in conjunction , the neceffity of a painful felection would render language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfec- tion ; and this felection , at the fame time , would abridge the number of ufeful founds ...
... alfo agreeable in conjunction , the neceffity of a painful felection would render language intricate and difficult to be attained in any perfec- tion ; and this felection , at the fame time , would abridge the number of ufeful founds ...
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... alfo take under confideration , the effect of fyllables in fucceffion . In the first place , fyllables in immedi- ate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a ...
... alfo take under confideration , the effect of fyllables in fucceffion . In the first place , fyllables in immedi- ate fucceffion , pronounced , each of them , with the fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a ...
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... equal facility by natives , the rougher language , in my judgment , ought to be preferred , • preferred , provided it be alfo ftored with a compe A 4 SECT . I , Beauty of Language . by the fenfe, we feel a very remarkable pleasure...
... equal facility by natives , the rougher language , in my judgment , ought to be preferred , • preferred , provided it be alfo ftored with a compe A 4 SECT . I , Beauty of Language . by the fenfe, we feel a very remarkable pleasure...
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... alfo ftored with a compe tent fhare of more mellow founds ; which will be evi- dent from attending to the different effects that ar- ticulate found hath on the mind . A smooth gliding found is agreeable , by calming the mind , and ...
... alfo ftored with a compe tent fhare of more mellow founds ; which will be evi- dent from attending to the different effects that ar- ticulate found hath on the mind . A smooth gliding found is agreeable , by calming the mind , and ...
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... alfo applicable to entire members of a period , which , according to our author's expreffion , ought not , more than fingle words , to proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the great- er . In arranging the members ...
... alfo applicable to entire members of a period , which , according to our author's expreffion , ought not , more than fingle words , to proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the great- er . In arranging the members ...
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