Dissertations Moral and Critical, Том 1Mess. Exshaw, Walker, Beatty, White, Byrne, Cash, and M'Kenzie, 1783 |
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... papers , written a good while ago ; which several perfons , who had read them , were pleased to approve , and had advised me to publish . Some of these are contained contained in these volumes : others may pof- fibly appear.
... papers , written a good while ago ; which several perfons , who had read them , were pleased to approve , and had advised me to publish . Some of these are contained contained in these volumes : others may pof- fibly appear.
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... 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 O F MEMORY AND IMAGINATION . INTRODUCTION . F we CONTENTS .
... 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 O F MEMORY AND IMAGINATION . INTRODUCTION . F we CONTENTS .
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... written is permanent , and may be reviewed at leifure ; but what is addreffed to the ear is immediately gone ; and , if it take no hold of the Memory , is good for nothing . The The force wherewith any thing ftrikes the mind , is 18 ...
... written is permanent , and may be reviewed at leifure ; but what is addreffed to the ear is immediately gone ; and , if it take no hold of the Memory , is good for nothing . The The force wherewith any thing ftrikes the mind , is 18 ...
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... written in verfe ; in order , no doubt , that they might be the more eafily remembered . And it is obfervable , that many of those common proverbs , which every body remembers , have measure ; that several of them have rhime ; and that ...
... written in verfe ; in order , no doubt , that they might be the more eafily remembered . And it is obfervable , that many of those common proverbs , which every body remembers , have measure ; that several of them have rhime ; and that ...
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... written , he will be a more competent judge , that of that of ordinary manufcripts , because he will more clearly perceive what is written and his Memory will be affifted by the vivacity of the fenfation it conveys to the eye , as well ...
... written , he will be a more competent judge , that of that of ordinary manufcripts , because he will more clearly perceive what is written and his Memory will be affifted by the vivacity of the fenfation it conveys to the eye , as well ...
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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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