Dissertations Moral and Critical, Том 1Mess. Exshaw, Walker, Beatty, White, Byrne, Cash, and M'Kenzie, 1783 |
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... common ; which it is the Bufinefs of Univerfal Gram- mar to explain CHAP . VII . Of the Art of Writing ; its importance and Origin . - Different Sorts of it practifed by different Nations .--- A fhort History of Printing . Page 374 386 ...
... common ; which it is the Bufinefs of Univerfal Gram- mar to explain CHAP . VII . Of the Art of Writing ; its importance and Origin . - Different Sorts of it practifed by different Nations .--- A fhort History of Printing . Page 374 386 ...
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... common proverbs , which every body remembers , have measure ; that several of them have rhime ; and that , in fome , there is a fameness of found in the initial initial letters of the words that compofe them .. Every Se & t . III . 31 ...
... common proverbs , which every body remembers , have measure ; that several of them have rhime ; and that , in fome , there is a fameness of found in the initial initial letters of the words that compofe them .. Every Se & t . III . 31 ...
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... common affairs of life ; and there is not , perhaps , one rational being , whofe Me- mory is unfufceptible of improvement . Some men of good understanding complain of the weakness of their Memory : perhaps , because they forget many ...
... common affairs of life ; and there is not , perhaps , one rational being , whofe Me- mory is unfufceptible of improvement . Some men of good understanding complain of the weakness of their Memory : perhaps , because they forget many ...
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... common affairs of life , either to act , or to think aright ; and , where Memory is pre- ternaturally defective , experience and knowledge will be deficient in proportion ; and imprudent conduct and abfurd opinion are the neceffary ...
... common affairs of life , either to act , or to think aright ; and , where Memory is pre- ternaturally defective , experience and knowledge will be deficient in proportion ; and imprudent conduct and abfurd opinion are the neceffary ...
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... common affairs of life , who could never have made a figure in the lite . rary world ; there are ftudents , of profound eru . • Ariftotle , on Remembrance and Recollection , chap . 1 . and z . dition , dition , who know little or ...
... common affairs of life , who could never have made a figure in the lite . rary world ; there are ftudents , of profound eru . • Ariftotle , on Remembrance and Recollection , chap . 1 . and z . dition , dition , who know little or ...
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adjective adverbs Æneid affirmation affociated alfo alſo antient aorift appear beauty becauſe cafe called caufe Cicero confequently confidered defire denotes difcourfe diftinct diftinguished dreams effential elegant English expreffion exprefs fable faid fame fatire fecond fecondly feem feen fenfe fentence fentiments feveral fhall fhort fhould fign fignify fimple firft firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes fpeak fpecies fpeech fpoken ftill ftyle fubject fublime fuch fuppofed fyllables Grammarians Greek himſelf human ideas imagination itſelf laft language Latin learned leaſt lefs meaning meaſure Memory mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary noun obferved occafion paffage paffions paffive pafs paft participle paſt perfon philofophers pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet poffible pofition prefent prepofitions preterite profe pronoun purpoſe racter reafon refpect rife ſpeak tafte tenfes thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tive tongue trochees underſtand uſe verb verfe Virgil whofe words writing
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