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... ; for the air in paffing through cavities differing in fize , produceth various founds , fome high or fharp , fharp , fome low or flat : a small cavity 6 [ CH . 18 . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . SECT. I.-Beauty of Language with respect to ...
... ; for the air in paffing through cavities differing in fize , produceth various founds , fome high or fharp , fharp , fome low or flat : a small cavity 6 [ CH . 18 . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . SECT. I.-Beauty of Language with respect to ...
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... creafing or decreafing feries . Where the ob- jects vary by fmall differences , fo as to have a mutual resemblance , we in afcending conceive the the second object of no greater fize than the first 14 [ CH . 18 . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE .
... creafing or decreafing feries . Where the ob- jects vary by fmall differences , fo as to have a mutual resemblance , we in afcending conceive the the second object of no greater fize than the first 14 [ CH . 18 . BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE .
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... fize than the fecond , and so of the reft ; which diminisheth in appearance the fize of every object except the firft : but when , beginning at the greatest object , we pro- ceed gradually to the least , refemblance makes us imagine the ...
... fize than the fecond , and so of the reft ; which diminisheth in appearance the fize of every object except the firft : but when , beginning at the greatest object , we pro- ceed gradually to the least , refemblance makes us imagine the ...
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... fize . Such partial conception of a fubject , is ftill more eafy with respect to action or motion ; which is an occa- fional attribute only , and has not the fame per- manency with colour or figure : I cannot form an idea of motion ...
... fize . Such partial conception of a fubject , is ftill more eafy with respect to action or motion ; which is an occa- fional attribute only , and has not the fame per- manency with colour or figure : I cannot form an idea of motion ...
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... fize . In the arrangement of a period , fuch under - parts crowded together make a poor figure ; and never are graceful but when interfperfed among the capital parts . I illustrate this rule by the following example . It is likewise ...
... fize . In the arrangement of a period , fuch under - parts crowded together make a poor figure ; and never are graceful but when interfperfed among the capital parts . I illustrate this rule by the following example . It is likewise ...
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