Elements of Criticism, Volume 2John Bell and William Creech; and for T. Cadell, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, London., 1788 |
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... scene . In a cursory view , one would ima- gine , that the agreeableness or disagreeableness of a word with respect to its found , fhould depend upon the agreeableness or disagreeableness of its component fyllables : which is true in ...
... scene . In a cursory view , one would ima- gine , that the agreeableness or disagreeableness of a word with respect to its found , fhould depend upon the agreeableness or disagreeableness of its component fyllables : which is true in ...
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... scene is chan- ged without neceffity . To avoid this blemish , the thought may be expreffed thus : That sort of instruction which is afforded by inculca- ting , & ' c . The bad effect of fuch change of perfon is remark- able in the ...
... scene is chan- ged without neceffity . To avoid this blemish , the thought may be expreffed thus : That sort of instruction which is afforded by inculca- ting , & ' c . The bad effect of fuch change of perfon is remark- able in the ...
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... scene a little , I propose to clofe with a flight comparison , between finging and pro- nouncing . In this comparison , the five following circumstances relative to articulate found , must be kept in view . 1ft , A found or fyllable is ...
... scene a little , I propose to clofe with a flight comparison , between finging and pro- nouncing . In this comparison , the five following circumstances relative to articulate found , must be kept in view . 1ft , A found or fyllable is ...
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... scene before me , full of objects new and fingular , be not mere fairy - land . Is there any truth in the appearance , or is it wholly a work of imagination ? We cannot doubt of its reality ; and we may with aturance pro- nounce , that ...
... scene before me , full of objects new and fingular , be not mere fairy - land . Is there any truth in the appearance , or is it wholly a work of imagination ? We cannot doubt of its reality ; and we may with aturance pro- nounce , that ...
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... state , and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath , a little scene * Eneid iv . 173 . To monarchize , be fear'd , and kill with looks Q3 To Sect . I. 237 FIGURES . Thus, to explain the effects of flander, it ...
... state , and grinning at his pomp ; Allowing him a breath , a little scene * Eneid iv . 173 . To monarchize , be fear'd , and kill with looks Q3 To Sect . I. 237 FIGURES . Thus, to explain the effects of flander, it ...
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