Introduction to American Literature: Or, The Origin and Development of the English Language, with Gems of PoetryDerby, Bradley, 1846 - 420 страници |
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... sound that is peculiar to itself , depend- ing as it does upon its volume , its texture , its tension , and the momentary state of the air around . It is much in this way that the variety exhibited in the literature of different nations ...
... sound that is peculiar to itself , depend- ing as it does upon its volume , its texture , its tension , and the momentary state of the air around . It is much in this way that the variety exhibited in the literature of different nations ...
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... sounds dwindles into sameness and insipidity . It admits of great latitude in the arrangement of words , in the construction of a sentence , but it cannot vary the form of expression . It does not ... sound . Again , allit- 42 LANGUAGE .
... sounds dwindles into sameness and insipidity . It admits of great latitude in the arrangement of words , in the construction of a sentence , but it cannot vary the form of expression . It does not ... sound . Again , allit- 42 LANGUAGE .
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... sound . Again , allit- eration has been scouted from the English ; but Cice- ro's famous poetical line is open to as great an objec- tion from an inherent defect in the sameness of form . " O , fortunatam natam me consule Romam . " The ...
... sound . Again , allit- eration has been scouted from the English ; but Cice- ro's famous poetical line is open to as great an objec- tion from an inherent defect in the sameness of form . " O , fortunatam natam me consule Romam . " The ...
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... sounds , that it has more force and greater precision and copiousness , than the Latin , and we believe most other languages . It is exceedingly simple in all of its forms , and beau- tifully natural in its construction . It has nerve ...
... sounds , that it has more force and greater precision and copiousness , than the Latin , and we believe most other languages . It is exceedingly simple in all of its forms , and beau- tifully natural in its construction . It has nerve ...
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... sounds it has heard , without any regard to their meaning . But if there were no sounds to imitate , it is by no means clear that it would of its own accord utter them , and in process of time attach definite meanings to them . From the ...
... sounds it has heard , without any regard to their meaning . But if there were no sounds to imitate , it is by no means clear that it would of its own accord utter them , and in process of time attach definite meanings to them . From the ...
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