Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... appear more beautiful . But thefe beauties , if we wish to think accurately , muft be carefully distinguished from each ... appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now ...
... appear more beautiful . But thefe beauties , if we wish to think accurately , muft be carefully distinguished from each ... appears , that of feveral expreffions all conveying the fame thought , the most beautiful , in the fenfe now ...
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... appears natural ; for the found of a word is at- tended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third fection come thofe fingular beauties of lan- guage that are derived from a refemblance betwixt found and fignification . The ...
... appears natural ; for the found of a word is at- tended to , before we confider its fignification . In a third fection come thofe fingular beauties of lan- guage that are derived from a refemblance betwixt found and fignification . The ...
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... 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 . And the fame holds ...
... 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 . And the fame holds ...
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... appears to me all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other circumftances ... appear from confidering , that in verfification vowels are frequently fuppreffed , in order to produce a rougher and ...
... appears to me all that can be fafely determined upon the prefent point . With refpect to the other circumftances ... appear from confidering , that in verfification vowels are frequently fuppreffed , in order to produce a rougher and ...
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... appears by the oppofition larger than ufual and a small object , for the fame . reafon , fucceeding one that is large , appears lefs than ufual * Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcending by large intervals ; di- rectly ...
... appears by the oppofition larger than ufual and a small object , for the fame . reafon , fucceeding one that is large , appears lefs than ufual * Hence a remarkable pleasure in viewing a feries afcending by large intervals ; di- rectly ...
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