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... verse with the man . Lastly , if you have to describe any natural phenomenon , it will be right to acquaint your- self philosophically with its causes and its ef- fects , and this will operate against your forget . ting any material ...
... verse with the man . Lastly , if you have to describe any natural phenomenon , it will be right to acquaint your- self philosophically with its causes and its ef- fects , and this will operate against your forget . ting any material ...
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... verse ; and those early histories which are now extant , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or ...
... verse ; and those early histories which are now extant , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or ...
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... verse of our own , and even of the Greek tragedies . There are many long speeches in Shakspeare , which a mere auditor could not possibly distinguish from prosaic composition . A specimen occurs this instant to my memory . It is ...
... verse of our own , and even of the Greek tragedies . There are many long speeches in Shakspeare , which a mere auditor could not possibly distinguish from prosaic composition . A specimen occurs this instant to my memory . It is ...
Side 90
... verse . A gentleman , who had seen more of savage life than any man I ever knew , assured me that all the savage nations had their songs adapted to a rude music ; and that the common subjects of these songs were love and war . Hence I ...
... verse . A gentleman , who had seen more of savage life than any man I ever knew , assured me that all the savage nations had their songs adapted to a rude music ; and that the common subjects of these songs were love and war . Hence I ...
Side 93
... verse depends upon very different principles . The antient languages were distinguished by what is called quantity ; the same combinations of let- ters always formed either long or short syl- lables ; and by a certain arrangement of ...
... verse depends upon very different principles . The antient languages were distinguished by what is called quantity ; the same combinations of let- ters always formed either long or short syl- lables ; and by a certain arrangement of ...
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