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Page 75
... short and long , and setting one part of the measure at variance with the rest . The ancients , who had a language more capable of va- riety than ours , had two kinds of verse , the Iambic , consisting of short and long syllables ...
... short and long , and setting one part of the measure at variance with the rest . The ancients , who had a language more capable of va- riety than ours , had two kinds of verse , the Iambic , consisting of short and long syllables ...
Page 109
... short syllables were pronounced with such rapidity as to be equal only to one long ; they , therefore , naturally exhibit the act of passing VOL . II . L through a long space in a short time . But 92 . 109 RAMBLER . The Education of a.
... short syllables were pronounced with such rapidity as to be equal only to one long ; they , therefore , naturally exhibit the act of passing VOL . II . L through a long space in a short time . But 92 . 109 RAMBLER . The Education of a.
Page 130
... short time ; but it was common for the slightest hurt , received by Falsehood , to spread its malignity to the neighbouring parts , and to burst open again when it seemed to have been cured . Falsehood , in a short time , found by ...
... short time ; but it was common for the slightest hurt , received by Falsehood , to spread its malignity to the neighbouring parts , and to burst open again when it seemed to have been cured . Falsehood , in a short time , found by ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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