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Page 16
... language gives the no- blest conceptions the appearance of a fabric august in the plan , but mean in the materials . Yet surely those verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be said with truth , no man but Cowley ...
... language gives the no- blest conceptions the appearance of a fabric august in the plan , but mean in the materials . Yet surely those verses are not without a just claim to praise ; of which it may be said with truth , no man but Cowley ...
Page 19
... Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb ap- propriated to the gross employments of rustics or mechanics ; so the most heroic sentiments will lose ...
... Language is the dress of thought : and as the noblest mien , or most graceful action , would be degraded and obscured by a garb ap- propriated to the gross employments of rustics or mechanics ; so the most heroic sentiments will lose ...
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... language that does not express in- tellectual operations by material images into that language they cannot be translated . But so much meaning is comprised in so few words ; the particulars of resemblances are so perspica- BE JOE 0.1099 ...
... language that does not express in- tellectual operations by material images into that language they cannot be translated . But so much meaning is comprised in so few words ; the particulars of resemblances are so perspica- BE JOE 0.1099 ...
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... language ; and whom we ought therefore to read with gra- titude , though , having done much , he left much to do . 907 X ¥ { ° * { 1 £ tu , f , i 1. I 2 Sb in mile ere I sI ; auxs ' ) 97921797 £ 105 viem srast , bans - Toms İnşa8 230v ...
... language ; and whom we ought therefore to read with gra- titude , though , having done much , he left much to do . 907 X ¥ { ° * { 1 £ tu , f , i 1. I 2 Sb in mile ere I sI ; auxs ' ) 97921797 £ 105 viem srast , bans - Toms İnşa8 230v ...
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... language and litera- ture ; and though he seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of the country , stayed two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the academies , and produced his com positions with such applause ...
... language and litera- ture ; and though he seems to have intended a very quick perambulation of the country , stayed two months at Florence ; where he found his way into the academies , and produced his com positions with such applause ...
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