Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Miller, London; and A. Kincaid & J. Bell, Edinburgh, 1765 |
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... fecond ; which in appearance mag- nifies every object of the feries except the first , On the other hand , in a series varying by great differences , where contraft prevails , the effects are directly oppofite : a large object ...
... fecond ; which in appearance mag- nifies every object of the feries except the first , On the other hand , in a series varying by great differences , where contraft prevails , the effects are directly oppofite : a large object ...
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... fecond object , which by means of contraft makes a much greater figure than when viewed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in a¬ fcending progreffively , till we arrive at the last object . The oppofite effect is ...
... fecond object , which by means of contraft makes a much greater figure than when viewed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in a¬ fcending progreffively , till we arrive at the last object . The oppofite effect is ...
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... fecond book of Mr Locke's ef fay on human understanding . Spectator , No 413 . Better thus : As this is a truth , & c . the English reader , if he would fee the notion explained at large , may find it , & c . A woman feldom asks advice ...
... fecond book of Mr Locke's ef fay on human understanding . Spectator , No 413 . Better thus : As this is a truth , & c . the English reader , if he would fee the notion explained at large , may find it , & c . A woman feldom asks advice ...
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... fecond place , is , That words expreffing things connected in the thought , ought to be placed as near together as poffible . This rule is derived immediately from human nature , in which there is difcovered a re- markable propenfity to ...
... fecond place , is , That words expreffing things connected in the thought , ought to be placed as near together as poffible . This rule is derived immediately from human nature , in which there is difcovered a re- markable propenfity to ...
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... fecond time , ought to be placed as near as poffible to the name of that perfon or thing . This is a branch of the foregoing rule ; and with the reafon there given , another concurs , viz . That if other ideas intervene , it is ...
... fecond time , ought to be placed as near as poffible to the name of that perfon or thing . This is a branch of the foregoing rule ; and with the reafon there given , another concurs , viz . That if other ideas intervene , it is ...
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