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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... fame obfervation . We are apt , fays that auther , to confound the language with the fubje & t ; and if the latter be nervous , we judge the fame of the former . But they are clearly diftinguishable ; and it is not uncommon to find ...
... fame obfervation . We are apt , fays that auther , to confound the language with the fubje & t ; and if the latter be nervous , we judge the fame of the former . But they are clearly diftinguishable ; and it is not uncommon to find ...
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... fame extenfion of the wind - pipe , but with different openings of the mouth , form a regular feries of founds , defcending from high to low , in the following order , i , c , a , o , u . * Each of thefe founds is agreeable to the ear ...
... fame extenfion of the wind - pipe , but with different openings of the mouth , form a regular feries of founds , defcending from high to low , in the following order , i , c , a , o , u . * Each of thefe founds is agreeable to the ear ...
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... fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or than any vowel . And in fupport of ex- perience , a fatisfactory argument may be drawn from the wisdom of ...
... fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or than any vowel . And in fupport of ex- perience , a fatisfactory argument may be drawn from the wisdom of ...
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... fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a fucceffion of weak and feeble founds ; witnefs the French words dit - il , pathetique : on the other hand , a fyllable of the greateft aperture fuc- ceeding one of the fmalleft ...
... fame , or nearly the fame aperture of the mouth , produce a fucceffion of weak and feeble founds ; witnefs the French words dit - il , pathetique : on the other hand , a fyllable of the greateft aperture fuc- ceeding one of the fmalleft ...
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... fame effect up- on the mind , as if it flood fingle without making a part of the feries : but the fecond object , by means of contraft , appears greater than when viewed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcend- ing ...
... fame effect up- on the mind , as if it flood fingle without making a part of the feries : but the fecond object , by means of contraft , appears greater than when viewed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcend- ing ...
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