Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found . The fyllable le has a more agreea- ble found than the vowel e or than any vowel . And in fupport of experience , a fatisfactory argument may be drawn from the wisdom of ...
... fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found . The fyllable le has a more agreea- ble found than the vowel e or than any vowel . And in fupport of experience , a fatisfactory argument may be drawn from the wisdom of ...
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... fame or nearly the fame aper- ture of the mouth , produce a weak and imperfect found ; witnefs the French words détêté ( detefted ) , dit - il ( fays he ) , patetique ( pathetic ) . On the other hand , a fyllable of the greatest ...
... fame or nearly the fame aper- ture of the mouth , produce a weak and imperfect found ; witnefs the French words détêté ( detefted ) , dit - il ( fays he ) , patetique ( pathetic ) . On the other hand , a fyllable of the greatest ...
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... fame kind , 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 ...
... fame kind , 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 ...
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... fame manner as where a judge is dreffed like a fop , or a peasant like a man of quality . The intimate connection that words have with their meaning , requires that both be in the fame tone . Or , to exprefs the thing more plainly , the ...
... fame manner as where a judge is dreffed like a fop , or a peasant like a man of quality . The intimate connection that words have with their meaning , requires that both be in the fame tone . Or , to exprefs the thing more plainly , the ...
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... fame letter : The peacock , in all his pride , does not difplay half the colour that appears in the garments of a British lady , when she is either dreffed for a batl or a birth - day . Spectator , No 265 . Had not my dog of a steward ...
... fame letter : The peacock , in all his pride , does not difplay half the colour that appears in the garments of a British lady , when she is either dreffed for a batl or a birth - day . Spectator , No 265 . Had not my dog of a steward ...
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