Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the found defcribed : and there are words , which , by the celerity or flownefs of pronunciation , have fome refemblance to the mo- tion they fignify . This imitative power of words goes ...
... ideas , refemble by their foftnefs or harfhnefs the found defcribed : and there are words , which , by the celerity or flownefs of pronunciation , have fome refemblance to the mo- tion they fignify . This imitative power of words goes ...
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... ideas , must be one of its ca- pital beauties . This caufe of beauty , is too exten- five to be handled as a branch of any other fubject . To afcertain with accuracy even even the pro proper mean- ing of words , not to talk of their ...
... ideas , must be one of its ca- pital beauties . This caufe of beauty , is too exten- five to be handled as a branch of any other fubject . To afcertain with accuracy even even the pro proper mean- ing of words , not to talk of their ...
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... ideas of all kinds , it has an extenfive influence in directing us to the choice of proper materials . In that view it must be branched out into feveral particulars . And I muft obferve , in the first place , that to write with elegance ...
... ideas of all kinds , it has an extenfive influence in directing us to the choice of proper materials . In that view it must be branched out into feveral particulars . And I muft obferve , in the first place , that to write with elegance ...
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... ideas be clearly expressed : it is alfo neceflary , that all the relations contained in the thought , be expreffed according to their different degrees of intimacy . To annex a certain meaning to a certain found or word , requires no ...
... ideas be clearly expressed : it is alfo neceflary , that all the relations contained in the thought , be expreffed according to their different degrees of intimacy . To annex a certain meaning to a certain found or word , requires no ...
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... idea which is formed of the subject .. But the opposite holds not . Though I cannot form a conception of a subject devoid of all qualities , a partial conception may however be formed of it , laying afide or abstracting from any ...
... idea which is formed of the subject .. But the opposite holds not . Though I cannot form a conception of a subject devoid of all qualities , a partial conception may however be formed of it , laying afide or abstracting from any ...
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