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... voice out of his temple , and my cry came before him . Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations of the bills were moved ; because he was wroth . He bowed the heavens , and came down , and dark- ness was under his feet ; and ...
... voice out of his temple , and my cry came before him . Then the earth shook and trembled ; the foundations of the bills were moved ; because he was wroth . He bowed the heavens , and came down , and dark- ness was under his feet ; and ...
Page 29
... voice divine from Ilion's topmost towers ; Above the Sire of gods his thunder rolls , And peals on peals redoubled rend the poles . Beneath , stern Neptune shakes the solid ground , The forests wave , the mountains nod around ; Through ...
... voice divine from Ilion's topmost towers ; Above the Sire of gods his thunder rolls , And peals on peals redoubled rend the poles . Beneath , stern Neptune shakes the solid ground , The forests wave , the mountains nod around ; Through ...
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... the power of the human voice to effect this imitation . Wherever objects were to be named , in which sound , noise , or motion was concerned , the imitation by words was sufficiently obvious . Nothing was 46 Origin and Progress.
... the power of the human voice to effect this imitation . Wherever objects were to be named , in which sound , noise , or motion was concerned , the imitation by words was sufficiently obvious . Nothing was 46 Origin and Progress.
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... voice , the quality of the sound or noise , which any external object produced ; and to form its name accordingly . Thus in all languages we discover a multitude of words , which are evidently constructed on this princi- ple . A certain ...
... voice , the quality of the sound or noise , which any external object produced ; and to form its name accordingly . Thus in all languages we discover a multitude of words , which are evidently constructed on this princi- ple . A certain ...
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... voice , and by accompanying their tones with the most expressive gesticulations . To this mode of speaking , necessity gave rise . But we must observe that , after this necessity had in a great degree ceased , by language becoming in ...
... voice , and by accompanying their tones with the most expressive gesticulations . To this mode of speaking , necessity gave rise . But we must observe that , after this necessity had in a great degree ceased , by language becoming in ...
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