Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... hath of articulate founds , is proportioned to the ufe he hath for them . But if founds that are agreeable fingly , were not alfo agreeable in conjunction , the neceflity of a painful felection would render language intricate and ...
... hath of articulate founds , is proportioned to the ufe he hath for them . But if founds that are agreeable fingly , were not alfo agreeable in conjunction , the neceflity of a painful felection would render language intricate and ...
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... hath upon the mind . A fmooth : gliding found is 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 ...
... hath upon the mind . A fmooth : gliding found is 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 ...
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... hath cool'd my friends and heated mine ene- mies . Shakespear . Why , if two gods fhould play fome heav'nly match , And on the wager lay two earthly women , And Portia one , there must be something else Pawn'd with the other ; for the ...
... hath cool'd my friends and heated mine ene- mies . Shakespear . Why , if two gods fhould play fome heav'nly match , And on the wager lay two earthly women , And Portia one , there must be something else Pawn'd with the other ; for the ...
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... hath ano- ther good effect . The members of a period con- nected by the proper copulatives , glide fmoothly and gently along ; and are a proof of fedatenefs and leifure in the fpeaker . On the other hand , a man in the hurry of paffion ...
... hath ano- ther good effect . The members of a period con- nected by the proper copulatives , glide fmoothly and gently along ; and are a proof of fedatenefs and leifure in the fpeaker . On the other hand , a man in the hurry of paffion ...
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... hath no law to pu- nifh it , is always undone , and the knave gets the advantage . From these examples , the following obfervation will readily occur , that a circumstance ought never to be placed betwixt two capital members of a pe ...
... hath no law to pu- nifh it , is always undone , and the knave gets the advantage . From these examples , the following obfervation will readily occur , that a circumstance ought never to be placed betwixt two capital members of a pe ...
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