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Lord Henry Home Kames. O F CRITICISM . THE SEVENTH EDITION . WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS . VOLUME II . EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR JOHN BELL AND WILLIAM CREECH ; AND FOR T. CADELL , G.G. J. AND J. ROBINSON , LONDON . M ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. O F CRITICISM . THE SEVENTH EDITION . WITH THE AUTHOR'S LAST CORRECTIONS AND ADDITIONS . VOLUME II . EDINBURGH : PRINTED FOR JOHN BELL AND WILLIAM CREECH ; AND FOR T. CADELL , G.G. J. AND J. ROBINSON , LONDON . M ...
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... last fec- tion : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many pe- culiar beauties , which for the fake of connection must be brought under one view ; and verfifica- tion , at any rate ...
... last fec- tion : for though the foregoing beauties are found in verfe as well as in profe , yet verfe has many pe- culiar beauties , which for the fake of connection must be brought under one view ; and verfifica- tion , at any rate ...
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... in the latter , the last syllable is generally long . For example , Senator in English , Senator in Latin , and Senateur in French . ful ful in comparing the words of different languages ; which 10 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
... in the latter , the last syllable is generally long . For example , Senator in English , Senator in Latin , and Senateur in French . ful ful in comparing the words of different languages ; which 10 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
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... last mentioned , is to conjoin artificially words that express ideas opposed to each other . This is a fault too grofs to be in common practice ; and yet writers are guilty of it in fome degree , when they conjoin by a copulative things ...
... last mentioned , is to conjoin artificially words that express ideas opposed to each other . This is a fault too grofs to be in common practice ; and yet writers are guilty of it in fome degree , when they conjoin by a copulative things ...
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... last long among a people that make any pro- feffion of religion , or fhow of modesty , if the country gen- tlemen get into it , they will certainly be left in the lurch . Spectator , No 119 . The ambiguity vanishes in the following ...
... last long among a people that make any pro- feffion of religion , or fhow of modesty , if the country gen- tlemen get into it , they will certainly be left in the lurch . Spectator , No 119 . The ambiguity vanishes in the following ...
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