The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... considered , means significa- tion or force . It is a Greek word , and when applied to speech , imports the marking by the voice any word or words in a phrase or sentence , as more important than the rest . The purpose of Emphasis may ...
... considered , means significa- tion or force . It is a Greek word , and when applied to speech , imports the marking by the voice any word or words in a phrase or sentence , as more important than the rest . The purpose of Emphasis may ...
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... considered as subject to the pre- cision of grammatical truth : for if a correct observance of the laws of orthography and syntax do not accompany the reader's orthoepy and emphasis , his oratory will be but as sounding brass , or a ...
... considered as subject to the pre- cision of grammatical truth : for if a correct observance of the laws of orthography and syntax do not accompany the reader's orthoepy and emphasis , his oratory will be but as sounding brass , or a ...
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... considered as nothing more than speaking at sight by the assistance of letters ; in the same manner as singing at sight is performed in music by the assistance of notes . And as it is cer- tain that Nature , if left to herself , directs ...
... considered as nothing more than speaking at sight by the assistance of letters ; in the same manner as singing at sight is performed in music by the assistance of notes . And as it is cer- tain that Nature , if left to herself , directs ...
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... considered him as the most dangerous of writers , but this is softened by the encomiums he re- ceived from others . Pliny calls him eloquent , Vopisco fertile , Espar- ciano pure and candid , Bodino penetrating , and Sidonius worthy of ...
... considered him as the most dangerous of writers , but this is softened by the encomiums he re- ceived from others . Pliny calls him eloquent , Vopisco fertile , Espar- ciano pure and candid , Bodino penetrating , and Sidonius worthy of ...
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... considered all events indifferent ; nei- ther desired nor feared them , nor did their happiness or unhappiness depend on enjoyment or loss . Other philosophers held other opinions , as various as the. THE LITERARY REPUBLIC . 11.
... considered all events indifferent ; nei- ther desired nor feared them , nor did their happiness or unhappiness depend on enjoyment or loss . Other philosophers held other opinions , as various as the. THE LITERARY REPUBLIC . 11.
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