Elements of Criticism, Volume 2A. Kincaid, 1774 - Criticism |
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... thefe beauties , if we wish to think Chap . 2. part 1. fect . 5. Demetrius Phalereus ( of Elocution , ' fect . 75. ) makes the fame obfervation . We are apt , fays that author , to confound the language with the fubject ; and if the ...
... thefe beauties , if we wish to think Chap . 2. part 1. fect . 5. Demetrius Phalereus ( of Elocution , ' fect . 75. ) makes the fame obfervation . We are apt , fays that author , to confound the language with the fubject ; and if the ...
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... thefe founds as united in fyllables : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words united in a period and in the laft place , periods united in a discourse . With respect to the first article , every vowel is founded with a fingle ...
... thefe founds as united in fyllables : third , fyllables united in words : fourth , words united in a period and in the laft place , periods united in a discourse . With respect to the first article , every vowel is founded with a fingle ...
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... thefe founds is a greeable to the ear and if it be inquired which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps fafeft to hold , that thofe vowels which are the farthest removed from the extremes , will be the most re- lifhed . This is ...
... thefe founds is a greeable to the ear and if it be inquired which of them is the most agreeable , it is perhaps fafeft to hold , that thofe vowels which are the farthest removed from the extremes , will be the most re- lifhed . This is ...
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... thefe vowels pro- nounced fingly : the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or than a- ny vowel . And in fupport of experience , a fatif- factory ...
... thefe vowels pro- nounced fingly : the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found ; the fyllable le has a more agreeable found than the vowel e , or than a- ny vowel . And in fupport of experience , a fatif- factory ...
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... thefe words ; the former refem- bling the stones that compofe a building , and the latter refembling the order in which they are pla- ced . Hence the beauties of language with refpect to fignification , may not improperly be diftin ...
... thefe words ; the former refem- bling the stones that compofe a building , and the latter refembling the order in which they are pla- ced . Hence the beauties of language with refpect to fignification , may not improperly be diftin ...
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