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... observation , that we are so fond of inflicting this punishment , as sometimes to exert it even against creatures of an in- ferior fpecies ; witness a Turkycock swell- ing with pride , and strutting with displayed feathers . This object ...
... observation , that we are so fond of inflicting this punishment , as sometimes to exert it even against creatures of an in- ferior fpecies ; witness a Turkycock swell- ing with pride , and strutting with displayed feathers . This object ...
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... observations to the present fubject . What occafion of wonder can it be to find one found refembling another , where ... observe , that to complete the resemblance betwixt found and fenfe , artful pronunciation contributes not a little ...
... observations to the present fubject . What occafion of wonder can it be to find one found refembling another , where ... observe , that to complete the resemblance betwixt found and fenfe , artful pronunciation contributes not a little ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames. aid an observation made above in treating of the found of words , that they are more agreeable to the ear when composed of long and short fyllables than when all the fylla- bles are of the fame fort . A continued ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. aid an observation made above in treating of the found of words , that they are more agreeable to the ear when composed of long and short fyllables than when all the fylla- bles are of the fame fort . A continued ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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