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Page 153
... used for that purpose by the ancients , two short fyllables were pronounced with such rapidity , as to be equal only to one long ; they therefore naturally exhibit the act of paffing through a long space in a short time . But the ...
... used for that purpose by the ancients , two short fyllables were pronounced with such rapidity , as to be equal only to one long ; they therefore naturally exhibit the act of paffing through a long space in a short time . But the ...
Page 158
... used to relate , that an old magistrate , who had never been at a play , was carried , one day , to his Andromaque . This ma- gistrate was very attentive to the tragedy , to which was added the Plaideurs ; and going out of the theatre ...
... used to relate , that an old magistrate , who had never been at a play , was carried , one day , to his Andromaque . This ma- gistrate was very attentive to the tragedy , to which was added the Plaideurs ; and going out of the theatre ...
Page 206
... used to tell our author , that there was one way still left open for him , by which he might excel any of his predeceffors , which was , by CORRECTNESS ; that though indeed we had several great poets , we as yet could boast of none that ...
... used to tell our author , that there was one way still left open for him , by which he might excel any of his predeceffors , which was , by CORRECTNESS ; that though indeed we had several great poets , we as yet could boast of none that ...
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