Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... figure at the end of a word : but we ought to fubmit to that defect , rather than multiply the number of harth words , which , after all that has been done , bear an over proportion in our tongue . The author above mentioned , by ...
... figure at the end of a word : but we ought to fubmit to that defect , rather than multiply the number of harth words , which , after all that has been done , bear an over proportion in our tongue . The author above mentioned , by ...
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... figure than when view ed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcending progreflively , tilbwe arrive at the last object . The direct contrary effect is produced in defcending ; for in this direction , every object ...
... figure than when view ed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcending progreflively , tilbwe arrive at the last object . The direct contrary effect is produced in defcending ; for in this direction , every object ...
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... figure , throughout this kingdom , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Better : A modeft propofal , & c . Swift . There being , throughout this kingdom , a round million of creatures in human figure , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Tom is ...
... figure , throughout this kingdom , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Better : A modeft propofal , & c . Swift . There being , throughout this kingdom , a round million of creatures in human figure , whofe whole fubfiftence , & c . Tom is ...
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... figure ; and never are graceful but when in- terspersed among the capital parts . I fhall illustrate this rule by the following example . It is likewife urged , that there are , by compu- tation , in this kingdom , above 10,000 parfons ...
... figure ; and never are graceful but when in- terspersed among the capital parts . I fhall illustrate this rule by the following example . It is likewife urged , that there are , by compu- tation , in this kingdom , above 10,000 parfons ...
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... figure . The opportunity of a pause should not be thrown away upon acceffories , but referved for the principal object , in order that it may make a full impreffion . This is an additional reason a- gainst closing a period with a ...
... figure . The opportunity of a pause should not be thrown away upon acceffories , but referved for the principal object , in order that it may make a full impreffion . This is an additional reason a- gainst closing a period with a ...
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