Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... 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 to be diverfified as much ...
... 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 to be diverfified as much ...
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... arrangement of thefe words or materials . I fhall begin with rules that direct us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their arrangement . And with refpect to the former , communication of thought being ...
... arrangement of thefe words or materials . I fhall begin with rules that direct us to a right choice of words , and then proceed to rules that concern their arrangement . And with refpect to the former , communication of thought being ...
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... arrangement , belongs to the next branch . I fhall give a few examples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words and as this defect is so common in ordinary writers as to make examples from them unneceffary , I confine ...
... arrangement , belongs to the next branch . I fhall give a few examples where the obfcurity arifes from a wrong choice of words and as this defect is so common in ordinary writers as to make examples from them unneceffary , I confine ...
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... arrangement of the words or ma- terials . This branch of the subject is not lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair to put it in a clear light , until a sketch be given of the general princi- ples that govern the ftructure or ...
... arrangement of the words or ma- terials . This branch of the subject is not lefs nice than extenfive ; and I defpair to put it in a clear light , until a sketch be given of the general princi- ples that govern the ftructure or ...
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... arrangement ,. one other preliminary must be difcuffed , which is , to explain the difference betwixt a natural ftyle , and that where tranfpofition or inverfion prevails . There are , it is true , no precife boundaries be- twixt thefe ...
... arrangement ,. one other preliminary must be difcuffed , which is , to explain the difference betwixt a natural ftyle , and that where tranfpofition or inverfion prevails . There are , it is true , no precife boundaries be- twixt thefe ...
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