Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... period . And in the laft place , periods united in a difcourfe . With refpect to the firft article , every vowel is founded by a fingle expiration of air from the wind pipe through the cavity of the mouth ; and by va- rying this cavity ...
... period . And in the laft place , periods united in a difcourfe . With refpect to the firft article , every vowel is founded by a fingle expiration of air from the wind pipe through the cavity of the mouth ; and by va- rying this cavity ...
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... period . And as the ar- rangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleasure to the ear , depends on principles pretty remote from common view , it will be ne- * See Swift's propofal for correcting the English tongue ...
... period . And as the ar- rangement of words in fucceffion fo as to afford the greateft pleasure to the ear , depends on principles pretty remote from common view , it will be ne- * See Swift's propofal for correcting the English tongue ...
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... period , which , ac- cording to our author's expreffion , ought not more than fingle words to proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the greater . In arrang ing the members of a period , no writer equals Ci- cero ...
... period , which , ac- cording to our author's expreffion , ought not more than fingle words to proceed from the greater to the lefs , but from the lefs to the greater . In arrang ing the members of a period , no writer equals Ci- cero ...
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... periods as united in a difcourfe ; which fhall be difpatched in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind , fuch a number of objects and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or wri- ting . And ...
... periods as united in a difcourfe ; which fhall be difpatched in a very few words . By no other human means is it poffible to prefent to the mind , fuch a number of objects and in fo fwift a fucceffion , as by fpeaking or wri- ting . And ...
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... period , two things are to be regarded , equal- ly capital ; firft , the words of which the period is compofed ; next , the arrangement of these words . The former resemble the ftones that compose a building ; and the latter refembles ...
... period , two things are to be regarded , equal- ly capital ; firft , the words of which the period is compofed ; next , the arrangement of these words . The former resemble the ftones that compose a building ; and the latter refembles ...
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