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Page 104
... sound ; for there are , says he , in- numerable passages , in which length of time , bulk of body , extremity of passion , and stillness of repose ; or in which , on the contrary , brevity , speed , and eagerness , are evidently marked ...
... sound ; for there are , says he , in- numerable passages , in which length of time , bulk of body , extremity of passion , and stillness of repose ; or in which , on the contrary , brevity , speed , and eagerness , are evidently marked ...
Page 118
... sound , is sometimes studied and sometimes casual . Every language has many words formed in imitation of the noises which they signify ; such are stridor , balo , and beatus , in Latin ; and , in English , to growl , to buz , to hiss ...
... sound , is sometimes studied and sometimes casual . Every language has many words formed in imitation of the noises which they signify ; such are stridor , balo , and beatus , in Latin ; and , in English , to growl , to buz , to hiss ...
Page 119
... sound and measure ; of the force of the syllables singly considered , and of the time in which they are pronounced . Sound can resemble nothing but sound , and time can mea- sure nothing but motion and duration . The critics , however ...
... sound and measure ; of the force of the syllables singly considered , and of the time in which they are pronounced . Sound can resemble nothing but sound , and time can mea- sure nothing but motion and duration . The critics , however ...
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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