Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... respect to this point , there is a noted obfer- vation , that all founds of difficult pronunciation are to the ear harsh in proportion . Few tongues are fo polished as entirely to have rejected founds that Here the German a is ...
... respect to this point , there is a noted obfer- vation , that all founds of difficult pronunciation are to the ear harsh in proportion . Few tongues are fo polished as entirely to have rejected founds that Here the German a is ...
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... respect -to fignification , som li IT is well faid by a noted writer , " That by 29 . means of fpeech we can divert our forrows , " mingle our mirth , impart our fecrets , commu- " nicate our counfels , and make mutual compacts . " and ...
... respect -to fignification , som li IT is well faid by a noted writer , " That by 29 . means of fpeech we can divert our forrows , " mingle our mirth , impart our fecrets , commu- " nicate our counfels , and make mutual compacts . " and ...
Page 30
... also faulty in a different respect , that there is no refemblance betwixt the members of the expreffion , though they import a compa- rifon . The The prefent head , which relates to the choice of 30 Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE .
... also faulty in a different respect , that there is no refemblance betwixt the members of the expreffion , though they import a compa- rifon . The The prefent head , which relates to the choice of 30 Sect . II . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE .
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... respect to the enume- rating a number of particulars of equal rank , it is laid down in the place cited , that as there is no foundation for preferring any one before the reft , it is indifferent to the mind in what order they be viewed ...
... respect to the enume- rating a number of particulars of equal rank , it is laid down in the place cited , that as there is no foundation for preferring any one before the reft , it is indifferent to the mind in what order they be viewed ...
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... respect to high and low notes , pronunciation is ftill more inferior to finging . For it is obferved by Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus , that in pronouncing , i . e . without altering the aperture of the windpipe , the voice is confined ...
... respect to high and low notes , pronunciation is ftill more inferior to finging . For it is obferved by Dionyfius of Halicarnaffus , that in pronouncing , i . e . without altering the aperture of the windpipe , the voice is confined ...
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