The Port Folio, Volume 2Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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They receive , therefore , according to their greater or less occasional importance among other words , precisely such accent only as emphasis assigns them . When monosyllables ending with a vowel re- , quire emphasis , extension of ...
They receive , therefore , according to their greater or less occasional importance among other words , precisely such accent only as emphasis assigns them . When monosyllables ending with a vowel re- , quire emphasis , extension of ...
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nor have we any rule to distinguish between those words which have a greater and those which have a less degree of stress ; the sense of the author is the whole direction we are referred to , and consequently all is left to the taste ...
nor have we any rule to distinguish between those words which have a greater and those which have a less degree of stress ; the sense of the author is the whole direction we are referred to , and consequently all is left to the taste ...
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... rises / above the common level of signification , it is pronounced above the common level of sound : and as this signification is opposed to a signification less forcible , the word may properly be said to be emphatical .
... rises / above the common level of signification , it is pronounced above the common level of sound : and as this signification is opposed to a signification less forcible , the word may properly be said to be emphatical .
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I remarked the ornamented habit of one whose projecting lip seemed to drop honey , and learned that he was Titus Livius , of Padua , not of less glory to the Romans than the greatness of their empire . To avoid the impiety of Polybius ...
I remarked the ornamented habit of one whose projecting lip seemed to drop honey , and learned that he was Titus Livius , of Padua , not of less glory to the Romans than the greatness of their empire . To avoid the impiety of Polybius ...
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Retired from all these , less vain and more enlighted , was Diogenes , who stole some hours from his public occupations to study the doctrines of the Stoics ; softening the austerity of his masters , and more indulgent with the passions ...
Retired from all these , less vain and more enlighted , was Diogenes , who stole some hours from his public occupations to study the doctrines of the Stoics ; softening the austerity of his masters , and more indulgent with the passions ...
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| Title | The Port Folio, Volume 2 Volumes 40-42; Volumes 220-227 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 |
| Contributors | Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins, John Elihu Hall |
| Publisher | Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1809 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 11 Apr 2019 |
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