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The the principal object ; if , by unnecessarily subject , perhaps , is of the known
and favarying the expression , you shift the point miliar kind ; and we are in no
hazard of of view , and make me see sometimes the mistaking the sense of the ...
The the principal object ; if , by unnecessarily subject , perhaps , is of the known
and favarying the expression , you shift the point miliar kind ; and we are in no
hazard of of view , and make me see sometimes the mistaking the sense of the ...
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objects , give him a vast scope for orna the passion or attention of that principal
ment , variety , harmony of parts , and op- object should give a cast to the whole
position , to please the mind , and divert it piece : for instance , if it be a wrestler ,
or ...
objects , give him a vast scope for orna the passion or attention of that principal
ment , variety , harmony of parts , and op- object should give a cast to the whole
position , to please the mind , and divert it piece : for instance , if it be a wrestler ,
or ...
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In with its object , excellent effects ; and mediorder the more clearly to determine
the ately , that is by the intervention of the proper application of the Point which
word effects with women , the subject in marks it , we mutt distinguish between an
...
In with its object , excellent effects ; and mediorder the more clearly to determine
the ately , that is by the intervention of the proper application of the Point which
word effects with women , the subject in marks it , we mutt distinguish between an
...
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Contents
Authe Pas | 1 |
Practice necessary for forming a Syle Blair 401 95 On Plainness and Perspicuity Felton 436 | 34 |
Excellenceofthe Sacred Writings Brown | 305 |
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| Title | Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose: Selected for the Improvement of Young Persons: Being Similar in Design to Elegant Extracts in Poetry |
| Editor | Vicesimus Knox |
| Edition | 9 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1808 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 11 Nov 2006 |
| Length | 1 pages |
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