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... nature of man , a sense of congruity or propriety is one . De- ftitute of this fenfe , we could have no no- tion of congruity or propriety : the terms to us would be unintelligible * . As this fenfe is difplayed upon relations , it is ...
... nature of man , a sense of congruity or propriety is one . De- ftitute of this fenfe , we could have no no- tion of congruity or propriety : the terms to us would be unintelligible * . As this fenfe is difplayed upon relations , it is ...
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... nature of external figns and with their operations . These articles therefore fhall be premised . The external figns ... nature . But though words are arbitrary , the manner of employing them is not altogether fo ; for each paffion has ...
... nature of external figns and with their operations . These articles therefore fhall be premised . The external figns ... nature . But though words are arbitrary , the manner of employing them is not altogether fo ; for each paffion has ...
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... be justly facrificed to the fenfe or expreffion . That this licence may be fuccefsfully taken , will be clear from the following example . Pope , will 412 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch.XVIII . Speaking of Nature, or the God of Nature: ...
... be justly facrificed to the fenfe or expreffion . That this licence may be fuccefsfully taken , will be clear from the following example . Pope , will 412 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch.XVIII . Speaking of Nature, or the God of Nature: ...
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt betwixt cafe caſe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofed compofition connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſcover diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparation fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firft firſt fome fpectator ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion inftances inſtead inverfion itſelf Jane Shore juſt language laſt lefs leſs long fyllable meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muſical muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion paffage paffion pain paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reaſon reliſh reſemblance reſpect rhyme ridicule rule ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome Spondees ſtill ſtrong ſtyle ſuch taſte thefe themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words