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Page 97
... MOST * Such is the tendency of people to uniformity , that the tommonalty , for the most part , form the word regularly , and pronounce it commonality . Analogy requires that both these words fhould end in ity ; but custom has ...
... MOST * Such is the tendency of people to uniformity , that the tommonalty , for the most part , form the word regularly , and pronounce it commonality . Analogy requires that both these words fhould end in ity ; but custom has ...
Page 98
... most polyfyllables , an inferior accent laid on the third or fourth fyllable from the principal . Indeed in fome words , the two accents are fo nearly equal , as to be scarcely distinguishable . Ir is denied by fome critics that there ...
... most polyfyllables , an inferior accent laid on the third or fourth fyllable from the principal . Indeed in fome words , the two accents are fo nearly equal , as to be scarcely distinguishable . Ir is denied by fome critics that there ...
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... most pleasure in viewing those which are equal ; hence those verses which have the pause in the middle of the third foot , which is the middle of the verse , are the most melodious . Such is the third ex- ample above . IN lines where ...
... most pleasure in viewing those which are equal ; hence those verses which have the pause in the middle of the third foot , which is the middle of the verse , are the most melodious . Such is the third ex- ample above . IN lines where ...
Contents
A ſketch of Mr Horne Tookes new and ingenious Page | 186 |
Examination of particular phraſes | 201 |
Verb | 222 |
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