Essays: on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism: On Poetry and Musick, as They Affect the Mind; on Laughter, and Ludicrous Composition; on the Utility of Classical Learning, Том 6Hopkins & Earle, 1809 |
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... necessary to add , that style , in order to be natural , must be adapted to the sex and to the nation of the speaker . These circumstances give a peculiarity to human thought , and must there- fore diversify the modes of human language ...
... necessary to add , that style , in order to be natural , must be adapted to the sex and to the nation of the speaker . These circumstances give a peculiarity to human thought , and must there- fore diversify the modes of human language ...
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... necessary , nor possible , for him to impose upon us so far as to make us believe him to be the very person he represents : but we have a right to expect that his behaviour shall not belie his pretensions in any thing material . With ...
... necessary , nor possible , for him to impose upon us so far as to make us believe him to be the very person he represents : but we have a right to expect that his behaviour shall not belie his pretensions in any thing material . With ...
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... article had been in use in Homer's age , I imagine that he , and every other Greek poet who wrote hex- ameters , would have often found it necessary to leave it out . the air a solemn stillness holds . In general , Chap . I. 33 AND MUSICK .
... article had been in use in Homer's age , I imagine that he , and every other Greek poet who wrote hex- ameters , would have often found it necessary to leave it out . the air a solemn stillness holds . In general , Chap . I. 33 AND MUSICK .
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... necessary to it . They sometimes promote brevity , and render versification less difficult . 6. Those words which are commonly cal- led compound epithets , as rosy - finger'd , rosy - bo- som'd , many - twinkling , many - sounding ...
... necessary to it . They sometimes promote brevity , and render versification less difficult . 6. Those words which are commonly cal- led compound epithets , as rosy - finger'd , rosy - bo- som'd , many - twinkling , many - sounding ...
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... necessary : but which , he says , ought to be sparingly and cautiously introduced ; In verbis etiam tenuis cautusque serendis ; and then subjoins the words quoted in the text , Dixeris egregie , & c . 1. Some think , that this callida ...
... necessary : but which , he says , ought to be sparingly and cautiously introduced ; In verbis etiam tenuis cautusque serendis ; and then subjoins the words quoted in the text , Dixeris egregie , & c . 1. Some think , that this callida ...
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