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... remarkable difagreeablenefs , is distinguish- ed by a proper name , viz . hiatus . The moft agreeable fucceffion , is , where the cavity is increased and diminished alternate- ly by moderate intervals cavity 242 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch ...
... remarkable difagreeablenefs , is distinguish- ed by a proper name , viz . hiatus . The moft agreeable fucceffion , is , where the cavity is increased and diminished alternate- ly by moderate intervals cavity 242 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch ...
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... remarkable in the learned languages , has been the subject of much fpeculation . It is agreed on all hands , that such transposition or inverfion bestows пpon a period a very fenfible degree of force and elevation ; and yet writers seem ...
... remarkable in the learned languages , has been the subject of much fpeculation . It is agreed on all hands , that such transposition or inverfion bestows пpon a period a very fenfible degree of force and elevation ; and yet writers seem ...
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... remarkable where a num- ber of words are connected together in a period . Words pronounced in fucceffion make often a strong impreffion ; and when this impreffion happens to accord with that made by the sense , a peculiar pleasure ...
... remarkable where a num- ber of words are connected together in a period . Words pronounced in fucceffion make often a strong impreffion ; and when this impreffion happens to accord with that made by the sense , a peculiar pleasure ...
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PYRRHICHIUS confifts of two ſhort | 1 |
ANAPÆSTUs two fhort and a long | 7 |
PRO | 13 |
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accent againſt agreeable alfo alſo beauty becauſe beſt betwixt cafe caufe cauſe chap circumſtance clofe cloſe compofition congruity connected couplet cuſtom Dactyles dignity diſagreeable diſtinguiſhable elevation emotions Engliſh example expreffed expreffion external figns faid fame fecond fenfe fenfible fenſe fentiments feparated fhall fhort fyllables fignification fingle fion firſt fome fpectator ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient greateſt habit hath Hexameter himſelf Hudibras impreffion impropriety inftances inverfion itſelf Jane Shore laft language laſt lefs leſs manner meaſure melody mind moſt mufic muft muſical muſt nature neceffary obfervation object occafion paffage paffion pain paſſion paufe pauſe perfon period pleaſant pleaſure preſent profe pronounced propriety puniſhment purpoſe raiſed reaſon refpect reliſh reſemblance rhyme ridicule rule ſenſe ſeparated ſhall ſhort ſhould ſome Spondees ſtill ſtrong ſuch taſte thefe themſelves ther theſe things thoſe thou thought tion uſe verfe verſe words