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... language of enthusiastic or fervid paffion . If in general the language of violent paf- fion ought to be broken and interrupted , fo- liloquies ought to be fo in a peculiar manner . Language is intended by nature for society ; and a man ...
... language of enthusiastic or fervid paffion . If in general the language of violent paf- fion ought to be broken and interrupted , fo- liloquies ought to be fo in a peculiar manner . Language is intended by nature for society ; and a man ...
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... language above mentioned , being of different kinds and distinguishable from each other , ought to be handled separately . I thall begin with those beauties of language which arise from found ; after which will follow the beauties of ...
... language above mentioned , being of different kinds and distinguishable from each other , ought to be handled separately . I thall begin with those beauties of language which arise from found ; after which will follow the beauties of ...
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... language . Must we then relinquish all thoughts of comparing languages in the point of rough- ness and smoothness , as a fruitless inquiry ? Not altogether fo ; for we may proceed a certain length , though without hope of an ultimate ...
... language . Must we then relinquish all thoughts of comparing languages in the point of rough- ness and smoothness , as a fruitless inquiry ? Not altogether fo ; for we may proceed a certain length , though without hope of an ultimate ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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