Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... hence it evidently appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now mentioned , is that which in the most perfect manner anfwers its end . * See chap . 2. part 1. fect . 4 ...
... hence it evidently appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now mentioned , is that which in the most perfect manner anfwers its end . * See chap . 2. part 1. fect . 4 ...
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... Hence it follows , that every articulate found into which a confonant enters , muft neceffarily be double , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one . breath as commonly expreffed . The reafon is , that though two ...
... Hence it follows , that every articulate found into which a confonant enters , muft neceffarily be double , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one . breath as commonly expreffed . The reafon is , that though two ...
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... Hence the following rugged founds , drudg'd , difturb'd , rebuk'd , fledg'd . It is ftill lefs excufeable to follow this practice in writing ; s for the hurry of speaking may excufe what is altogether improper in , a com- pofition of ...
... Hence the following rugged founds , drudg'd , difturb'd , rebuk'd , fledg'd . It is ftill lefs excufeable to follow this practice in writing ; s for the hurry of speaking may excufe what is altogether improper in , a com- pofition of ...
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... Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcending by large intervals ; di- rectly oppofite to what we feel when the intervals are fmall . Beginning at the fmalleft object of a feties where contraft prevails , this object has the ...
... Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcending by large intervals ; di- rectly oppofite to what we feel when the intervals are fmall . Beginning at the fmalleft object of a feties where contraft prevails , this object has the ...
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... Hence a rule regarding the arrangement of the members of different periods with relation to each other , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and cadence , the arrangement , the ca dence , and the length of thefe members , ought ...
... Hence a rule regarding the arrangement of the members of different periods with relation to each other , That to avoid a tedious uniformity of found and cadence , the arrangement , the ca dence , and the length of thefe members , ought ...
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