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... thing that is loathfome , or a scene of horror to make one's hair ftand on end , may be described in a manner fo lively , as that the disagreeableness of the fubject shall not even obfcure the agree- ableness of the description . The ...
... thing that is loathfome , or a scene of horror to make one's hair ftand on end , may be described in a manner fo lively , as that the disagreeableness of the fubject shall not even obfcure the agree- ableness of the description . The ...
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... thing harsh or rugged , ought not to be fmooth ; therefore forc'd , with an apostrophe , is better than forced , without it : another exception is , where the penult fyllable ends with a vowel ; in that cafe the final fyllable ed may be ...
... thing harsh or rugged , ought not to be fmooth ; therefore forc'd , with an apostrophe , is better than forced , without it : another exception is , where the penult fyllable ends with a vowel ; in that cafe the final fyllable ed may be ...
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... things tranfact- ed at different periods of time . Hence a want of neatness in the following expreffion . The nobility too , whom the King had no means of re- taining by fuitable offices and preferments , had been fei- zed with the ...
... things tranfact- ed at different periods of time . Hence a want of neatness in the following expreffion . The nobility too , whom the King had no means of re- taining by fuitable offices and preferments , had been fei- zed with the ...
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... thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the preservation of the conftitution in ... things are opposed to each other . And here it must be obvious , that if resemblance ought to be ftudied in the words ...
... thing done to the prejudice of the conftitution , in the fame proportion as the preservation of the conftitution in ... things are opposed to each other . And here it must be obvious , that if resemblance ought to be ftudied in the words ...
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... thing affected by the action is ex- preffed by another substantive noun : its fuffering See Demetrius Phalereus of Elocution , fect . 63 . or noun . or paffive state is expreffed by a paffive 44 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
... thing affected by the action is ex- preffed by another substantive noun : its fuffering See Demetrius Phalereus of Elocution , fect . 63 . or noun . or paffive state is expreffed by a paffive 44 BEAUTY OF LANGUAGE . Ch . XVIII .
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