Elements of Criticism In Two Volumes [The Dedication Signed: Henry Home], Volume 2Sarah Cotter, 1762 |
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... fingle expiration of air from the wind pipe through the cavity of the mouth ; and by va- rying this cavity , the different vowels are founded . The air in paffing through cavities differing in fize , produceth various founds , fome high ...
... fingle expiration of air from the wind pipe through the cavity of the mouth ; and by va- rying this cavity , the different vowels are founded . The air in paffing through cavities differing in fize , produceth various founds , fome high ...
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... fingle . Hence it follows , that every articulate found into which a confonant enters , muft neceffarily be double , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one . breath as commonly expreffed . The reafon is , that though ...
... fingle . Hence it follows , that every articulate found into which a confonant enters , muft neceffarily be double , though pronounced with one expiration of air , or with one . breath as commonly expreffed . The reafon is , that though ...
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... fingle found . Every one who has an ear muft be fenfible , that the diphthongs oi or ai are more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly . And the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found . The fyllable le ...
... fingle found . Every one who has an ear muft be fenfible , that the diphthongs oi or ai are more agreeable than any of these vowels pronounced fingly . And the fame holds where a confonant enters into the double found . The fyllable le ...
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... fingle with- out making a part of the feries . But this is not the cafe of the fecond object , which by means of con- traft , makes a much greater figure than when view ed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcending ...
... fingle with- out making a part of the feries . But this is not the cafe of the fecond object , which by means of con- traft , makes a much greater figure than when view ed fingly and apart ; and the fame effect is perceived in afcending ...
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... fingle words , but e- qually to entire members of a 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 ...
... fingle words , but e- qually to entire members of a 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 ...
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abſtraction accent action againſt agreeable alfo allegory beauty becauſe betwixt cafe caufe cauſe cenfured circumftance clofe cloſe compariſon compofed compofition confidered connected defcription diftinguiſhed effect emotions employ'd Eneid epic epic poem epic poetry example expreffed expreffion faid fame fecond feems fenfe fenfible fenſe feparate fhall fhort fyllables fhould fignify figure fimilar fimile fingle firft firſt fome fpeech ftill fubftantive fubject fucceffion fuch fufficient garden hath Hexameter himſelf Iliad impreffion inftances inverfion itſelf laft language lefs Loft long fyllable meaſure melody mind moft moſt mufic muft muſt nature neceffary obferved objects occafion paffage paffing paffion paufe pauſe perfon perfonification pleaſure poem prefent profe pronounced proper proportion purpoſe raiſed reafon refemblance refpect reft reprefented repreſentation rhyme Richard II rule ſcene ſhort Spondees ſtandard tafte taſte thefe theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought tion tragedy uſe verfe words