Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... equally useful for eftimating the comparative merit of different languages ; yet this holds not in fact , becaufe no perfon can this 8 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII . bleness of its component fyllables. In part it doth...
... equally useful for eftimating the comparative merit of different languages ; yet this holds not in fact , becaufe no perfon can this 8 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII . bleness of its component fyllables. In part it doth...
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... equally capable to judge of the length or fhortness of Words , of the alternate opening and clofing of the mouth in fpeaking , and of the rela- tion which the found bears to the fenfe . In these particulars , the judgment is fufceptible ...
... equally capable to judge of the length or fhortness of Words , of the alternate opening and clofing of the mouth in fpeaking , and of the rela- tion which the found bears to the fenfe . In these particulars , the judgment is fufceptible ...
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... equally fo . to enecats viedt SECT . II . Beauty of language with 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 ...
... equally fo . to enecats viedt SECT . II . Beauty of language with 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 ...
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... equally apply'd to both . In this man- ner , fucceffive motion , fuch as walking , running , galloping , can be imitated by a fucceffion of long or fhort fyllables , or by a due mixture of both . For example , flow motion may be aptly ...
... equally apply'd to both . In this man- ner , fucceffive motion , fuch as walking , running , galloping , can be imitated by a fucceffion of long or fhort fyllables , or by a due mixture of both . For example , flow motion may be aptly ...
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... equally to fettled melancholy , and to a period compofed of polyfyllables pronoun- ced flow . Hence , by fimilarity of emotions , the latter is imitative of the former : In those deep folitudes and awful cells , Where heav'nly penfive ...
... equally to fettled melancholy , and to a period compofed of polyfyllables pronoun- ced flow . Hence , by fimilarity of emotions , the latter is imitative of the former : In those deep folitudes and awful cells , Where heav'nly penfive ...
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