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... because , if I am not misinformed , he had nothing of this peculiarity in his character . There remains to fhow , by examples , the manner of treating fubjects fo as to give them a ridiculous appearance . Il ne dit jamais , je vous ...
... because , if I am not misinformed , he had nothing of this peculiarity in his character . There remains to fhow , by examples , the manner of treating fubjects fo as to give them a ridiculous appearance . Il ne dit jamais , je vous ...
Page 55
... because it tends to illuftrate the nature of ridicule . The question ftated in accurate terms is , Whether the fenfe of ridicule be the proper teft for distinguishing ridiculous objects from thofe that are not fo ? To answer this que ...
... because it tends to illuftrate the nature of ridicule . The question ftated in accurate terms is , Whether the fenfe of ridicule be the proper teft for distinguishing ridiculous objects from thofe that are not fo ? To answer this que ...
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... because no per- fon can readily be found who is fufficiently qualified to apply the ftandard . What I mean is , that different nations judge differ- ently of the harshness or smoothness of ar- ticulate founds : a found , harsh and disa ...
... because no per- fon can readily be found who is fufficiently qualified to apply the ftandard . What I mean is , that different nations judge differ- ently of the harshness or smoothness of ar- ticulate founds : a found , harsh and disa ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
DACTYLUS a long and two fhort | 8 |
PROCELEUSMATICUS four ſhort fyl | 13 |
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