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Page 117
... figure , colour , and motion ; and yet thefe , fingly or com- bined , never can reprefent a paffion or a sentiment . The external fign is indeed vi- fible . But to understand its meaning , we must be able to connect it with the paffion ...
... figure , colour , and motion ; and yet thefe , fingly or com- bined , never can reprefent a paffion or a sentiment . The external fign is indeed vi- fible . But to understand its meaning , we must be able to connect it with the paffion ...
Page 318
... figure , whether in the begin- ning , during the currency , or at the close . The breaking filence rouses the attention to what is faid ; and therefore deeper impref- fion is made at the beginning than during the currency . The ...
... figure , whether in the begin- ning , during the currency , or at the close . The breaking filence rouses the attention to what is faid ; and therefore deeper impref- fion is made at the beginning than during the currency . The ...
Page 425
... figure : the elevated tone of the accent elevates the mind : the mind is fup- ported in its elevation by the fudden un- prepared pause which roufes and animates : and the line itself , reprefenting by its une- qual divifion an afcending ...
... figure : the elevated tone of the accent elevates the mind : the mind is fup- ported in its elevation by the fudden un- prepared pause which roufes and animates : and the line itself , reprefenting by its une- qual divifion an afcending ...
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