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... sense , should not be rendered perceptible to the ear . But on other occafions , this were im- proper for what is the ufe of melody , or for what end has the poet compofed in verfe , if , in reading his lines , we fup . prefs his ...
... sense , should not be rendered perceptible to the ear . But on other occafions , this were im- proper for what is the ufe of melody , or for what end has the poet compofed in verfe , if , in reading his lines , we fup . prefs his ...
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... sense of decency and pro- priety , would make them more attended to than we find they are . We acknow ledge that they have been abused , and have occafioned the groffeft fuperfti- tion ; but this univerfal propensity to carry them to ...
... sense of decency and pro- priety , would make them more attended to than we find they are . We acknow ledge that they have been abused , and have occafioned the groffeft fuperfti- tion ; but this univerfal propensity to carry them to ...
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... sense , that the " fimplex , " the " tenue , " or " fubtile genus dicendi , " is understood by Cicero and Quintilian . The fimple ftyle , in this fenfe , coincides with the plain or the neat style , which I before mentioned ; and ...
... sense , that the " fimplex , " the " tenue , " or " fubtile genus dicendi , " is understood by Cicero and Quintilian . The fimple ftyle , in this fenfe , coincides with the plain or the neat style , which I before mentioned ; and ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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