Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... agreeable to And if it be inquired which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps the fafeft fide to hold , that there is no univerfal preference of any one before the reft . Probably thofe vowels which are fartheft removed from ...
... agreeable to And if it be inquired which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps the fafeft fide to hold , that there is no univerfal preference of any one before the reft . Probably thofe vowels which are fartheft removed from ...
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... agreeable founds , it appears , that a dou- ble found is always more agreeable than a fingle found . Every one who has an ear muft be fenfible , that the diphthongs oi or ai are more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly ...
... agreeable founds , it appears , that a dou- ble found is always more agreeable than a fingle found . Every one who has an ear muft be fenfible , that the diphthongs oi or ai are more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly ...
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... agreeable fucceffion , is , where the cavity is increased and diminished alternately by moderate intervals . Secondly , words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of fylla- bles pronounced quick , commonly called long and ...
... agreeable fucceffion , is , where the cavity is increased and diminished alternately by moderate intervals . Secondly , words confifting wholly of fyllables pronounced flow , or of fylla- bles pronounced quick , commonly called long and ...
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... agreeable , by fmoothing the mind and lulling it to reft . A rough bold found , on the contrary , animates the mind . The effort perceived in pronouncing , is communicated to the hearers : they A 5 in Ch . XVIII . 9 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE ...
... agreeable , by fmoothing the mind and lulling it to reft . A rough bold found , on the contrary , animates the mind . The effort perceived in pronouncing , is communicated to the hearers : they A 5 in Ch . XVIII . 9 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE ...
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... agreeable- nefs of contraft in the rougher language , for which the greater variety of founds gives ample opportu- nity , muft , even in an effeminate car , prevail over the more uniform founds of the fmoother lan- guage * . This ...
... agreeable- nefs of contraft in the rougher language , for which the greater variety of founds gives ample opportu- nity , muft , even in an effeminate car , prevail over the more uniform founds of the fmoother lan- guage * . This ...
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