The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 6, Issues 2-4Samuel Cooper Thacher, David Phineas Adams, William Emerson Munroe and Francis, 1809 |
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Page 81
... tion of sounds , for in the preface to his work he observes , " The pronunciation of our language is , I believe , the most difficult to be communicated , or taught by rules ; and the reason is obvious ; we have so great a variety of ...
... tion of sounds , for in the preface to his work he observes , " The pronunciation of our language is , I believe , the most difficult to be communicated , or taught by rules ; and the reason is obvious ; we have so great a variety of ...
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... tion , for example , with phrases like the following ; " The morning was serene and unclouded ; the sun , which just appeared above the horizon , shone majestically bright ; the tunesters of the grove , in- spired by the beauty of the ...
... tion , for example , with phrases like the following ; " The morning was serene and unclouded ; the sun , which just appeared above the horizon , shone majestically bright ; the tunesters of the grove , in- spired by the beauty of the ...
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... tion at large deserve the eulogy which is usually made upon their temperance . I would ask these admirers of French virtue , why in every petty village , and in every street , we see the dram shop so temptingly displayed ? And whence it ...
... tion at large deserve the eulogy which is usually made upon their temperance . I would ask these admirers of French virtue , why in every petty village , and in every street , we see the dram shop so temptingly displayed ? And whence it ...
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... tion to the biographer's remark . Morality is one thing , poetry is another , nor have they any necessary , or inseparable connection . The moral may be bad , and the poetry good ; or the moral good , and the poetry bad . Whether ...
... tion to the biographer's remark . Morality is one thing , poetry is another , nor have they any necessary , or inseparable connection . The moral may be bad , and the poetry good ; or the moral good , and the poetry bad . Whether ...
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... tion is incredible . " Girt with many a baron bold , Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames , and statesmen old , In bearded majesty appear . " Our poet was perfectly in the right , to allow to an aged states- man ...
... tion is incredible . " Girt with many a baron bold , Sublime their starry fronts they rear ; And gorgeous dames , and statesmen old , In bearded majesty appear . " Our poet was perfectly in the right , to allow to an aged states- man ...
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