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... Expression in the other : For it is here to be obferved , that what is ill written can never be well read ; for which Reason we should not be too ready to cen- fure the indifferent Readers of indifferent Writings . It is very certain ...
... Expression in the other : For it is here to be obferved , that what is ill written can never be well read ; for which Reason we should not be too ready to cen- fure the indifferent Readers of indifferent Writings . It is very certain ...
Page 144
... Expression in fuch an uniform Mode of Utterance . But let us fuppofe the following Line fubftituted in its Room . Tow'rds four fair Nymphs , ran four tall Men full Speed . In this Line , it is evident , that every Word should be ...
... Expression in fuch an uniform Mode of Utterance . But let us fuppofe the following Line fubftituted in its Room . Tow'rds four fair Nymphs , ran four tall Men full Speed . In this Line , it is evident , that every Word should be ...
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... Expression . I do not deny , that Harmony is pro- duced by a regular and mechanical Com- bination of long and fhort , loud and foft Sounds : Such Combination is , in many of our Odes , especially when heightened by chafte Rhimes ...
... Expression . I do not deny , that Harmony is pro- duced by a regular and mechanical Com- bination of long and fhort , loud and foft Sounds : Such Combination is , in many of our Odes , especially when heightened by chafte Rhimes ...
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Accent alfo almoſt alſo ancient articulate Sounds becauſe bles Cafe compofing Compofition confifts Confonant Conftruction Converfation Cuſtom Deſcription Difcourfe diftinct diſtinguiſhed Emphaſis emphatical Engliſh equally Expreffion exprefs faid fame feem ferve fhall fhort Syllables fhould fimple fingle firft firſt foft fome fometimes ftill fuch fufficient fuppofe Glottis Harmony hath himſelf impoffible Inftance itſelf juſt lables laft Language laſt leaſt lefs Length loud Mafon Manner Meaning Meaſure metrical Feet Mode moft moſt Mufic muft muſt natural neceffarily neceffary nounced Numbers obferved Paffage Paffions Paufe Pauſe Perfons phatical Poetry Poets poffible prefent Profe pronounced Pronunciation Propriety Purpoſe Quantity racter Reader Reading Reaſon reciting refpect reft Rhime Rules ſay Senfe Senſe Sentence ſeveral Sheridan ſhort ſpeak Speaker Speaking Speech Spondee Strefs Succeffion ſuch ſuppoſe Sylla Syllables tence thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion Tone Trochees Underſtanding Uſe Verb Verfe Verſes Voice Vowel Words Writer