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Page ix
... canons which he here fubmits to the judgment of the Public , the two following motives weighed moft with the Author , in inducing him to use fo much freedom in re- gard gard to the writings of thofe for whom he has PREFACE . ix.
... canons which he here fubmits to the judgment of the Public , the two following motives weighed moft with the Author , in inducing him to use fo much freedom in re- gard gard to the writings of thofe for whom he has PREFACE . ix.
Page xiv
... canons . 367 SECT . I. Good ufe not always uniform in her de- cifions . Canon the first . Canon the fecond . Canon the third . Canon the fourth . Canon the fifth . 371 374 378 382 383 385 SECT . SECT . II . Every thing favoured by good ...
... canons . 367 SECT . I. Good ufe not always uniform in her de- cifions . Canon the first . Canon the fecond . Canon the third . Canon the fourth . Canon the fifth . 371 374 378 382 383 385 SECT . SECT . II . Every thing favoured by good ...
Page xv
... Canon the fixth . Canon the feventh . Canon the eighth . Canon the ninth . CHAP . III . Of grammatical purity . SECT . I. The barbarifm . Part I. By the use of obfolete words . Part II . By the use of new words . 391 397 399 400 407 410 ...
... Canon the fixth . Canon the feventh . Canon the eighth . Canon the ninth . CHAP . III . Of grammatical purity . SECT . I. The barbarifm . Part I. By the use of obfolete words . Part II . By the use of new words . 391 397 399 400 407 410 ...
Page 367
... canons . THE firft thing in elocution that claims our attention , is purity ; all its other qualities have their foundation in this . The great ftand- ard of purity is ufe , whofe effential properties , as regarding language , have been ...
... canons . THE firft thing in elocution that claims our attention , is purity ; all its other qualities have their foundation in this . The great ftand- ard of purity is ufe , whofe effential properties , as regarding language , have been ...
Page 370
... canons of criticifm , by which , whatever is re- pugnant to reputable , to national , or to prefent ufe , in the fenfe wherein these epithets have been explained , would be condemned as a tranfgref- fion of the radical laws of the ...
... canons of criticifm , by which , whatever is re- pugnant to reputable , to national , or to prefent ufe , in the fenfe wherein these epithets have been explained , would be condemned as a tranfgref- fion of the radical laws of the ...
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