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... laws , her spirit to fuftain , And light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various tastes in different arts display'd Like temper'd harmony of light and fhade , With friendly union in one mafs fhall blend , And this adorn the ...
... laws , her spirit to fuftain , And light up glory thro ' her wide domain ; Their various tastes in different arts display'd Like temper'd harmony of light and fhade , With friendly union in one mafs fhall blend , And this adorn the ...
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... law of Oratory , without a regard to which , all other rules will only produce affected declamation , not just elocution . And fome accurate observers , judging , perhaps , from a few unlucky fpecimens of modern eloquence , have ...
... law of Oratory , without a regard to which , all other rules will only produce affected declamation , not just elocution . And fome accurate observers , judging , perhaps , from a few unlucky fpecimens of modern eloquence , have ...
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... laws of harmo- ny . In accenting words , the general custom and a good ear are the beft guides : only it may be obferved that accent fhould be regulated , not by any arbitrary rules of quantity , but by the number and nature of the ...
... laws of harmo- ny . In accenting words , the general custom and a good ear are the beft guides : only it may be obferved that accent fhould be regulated , not by any arbitrary rules of quantity , but by the number and nature of the ...
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... law of life , and not for the oftentation of science . WITHOUT CHA P. II . a friend the world is but a wilderness . A MAN may have a thousand intimate acquaint ances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one friend , think ...
... law of life , and not for the oftentation of science . WITHOUT CHA P. II . a friend the world is but a wilderness . A MAN may have a thousand intimate acquaint ances , and not a friend among them all . If you have one friend , think ...
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... law of the duchy , which , though feldom claimed , he said , was no less in force ; he took his fword from his fide - Here - faid he -take it ; and be trufty guardians of it , till better times put me in condition to reclaim it . THE ...
... law of the duchy , which , though feldom claimed , he said , was no less in force ; he took his fword from his fide - Here - faid he -take it ; and be trufty guardians of it , till better times put me in condition to reclaim it . THE ...
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