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Page viii
... this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a confiderable time at firft : for where there is a uniformly uniformly rapid utterance , it is abfolutely im- poffible that viii AN ESSAY ON Hymn to Adverfity.
... this latter exercise ought generally to be made use of for a confiderable time at firft : for where there is a uniformly uniformly rapid utterance , it is abfolutely im- poffible that viii AN ESSAY ON Hymn to Adverfity.
Page xvii
... fpeech He foars beyond the hackney critic's reach , To epithets allots emphatic ftate , & Whilft principals , ungrac'd , like lacquies wait ; In ways firft trodden by himself excels , And ftands b 5 I ELOCUTION . xvii.
... fpeech He foars beyond the hackney critic's reach , To epithets allots emphatic ftate , & Whilft principals , ungrac'd , like lacquies wait ; In ways firft trodden by himself excels , And ftands b 5 I ELOCUTION . xvii.
Page xviii
... firft trodden by himself excels , And ftands alone in indeclineables ; Conjuction , prepofition , adverb join To ftamp new vigour on the nervous line : In monofyllables his thunders roll , He , she , IT , AND , WE , YE , THEY , fright ...
... firft trodden by himself excels , And ftands alone in indeclineables ; Conjuction , prepofition , adverb join To ftamp new vigour on the nervous line : In monofyllables his thunders roll , He , she , IT , AND , WE , YE , THEY , fright ...
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... firft was Luxury , and of the second Avarice . The aim of each of them was no less than universal monarchy over the hearts of minkind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great fervice , as Pleafure Mirth , Pomp , and Fa ...
... firft was Luxury , and of the second Avarice . The aim of each of them was no less than universal monarchy over the hearts of minkind . Luxury had many generals under him , who did him great fervice , as Pleafure Mirth , Pomp , and Fa ...
Page 41
... firft order of fine forms - affliction had touched her looks with fomething that was fcarce earthly - ftill fhe was feminine : - and fo much was there about her of all that the heart wishes , or the eye looks for in woman , that could ...
... firft order of fine forms - affliction had touched her looks with fomething that was fcarce earthly - ftill fhe was feminine : - and fo much was there about her of all that the heart wishes , or the eye looks for in woman , that could ...
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