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... Propriety , those very Words , which , being taken down , and afterwards fhewn to them in Writing or Print , they have not been able , without great Difficulty , and after re- peated Trials , to pronounce in the precise Tone and Manner ...
... Propriety , those very Words , which , being taken down , and afterwards fhewn to them in Writing or Print , they have not been able , without great Difficulty , and after re- peated Trials , to pronounce in the precise Tone and Manner ...
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... Propriety depends merely on their Num- bers : For certain it is , that the Harmony and Mode of Expreffion in the following Verses is totally different ; and yet there is exactly the same Succeffion of long and fhort Syllables , or the ...
... Propriety depends merely on their Num- bers : For certain it is , that the Harmony and Mode of Expreffion in the following Verses is totally different ; and yet there is exactly the same Succeffion of long and fhort Syllables , or the ...
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... Propriety as in Verses of fix or eight Sylla- bles . To be convinced of this , we need only turn to the Tales and Fables of Prior , Gay , Lloyd , Smart , and fome others ; in which the Returns of the Rhime are made with fo much Propriety ...
... Propriety as in Verses of fix or eight Sylla- bles . To be convinced of this , we need only turn to the Tales and Fables of Prior , Gay , Lloyd , Smart , and fome others ; in which the Returns of the Rhime are made with fo much Propriety ...
Contents
Obfervations on the Defects and Perfection | 1 |
The Analysis of SPEECH | 19 |
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