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... no note of the instances , but the results I perfectly recollect . I I found that many long syllables crowded together rendered a style languid and heavy ; and this I apprehend to be the reason why mo- nosyllables , if too numerous ...
... no note of the instances , but the results I perfectly recollect . I I found that many long syllables crowded together rendered a style languid and heavy ; and this I apprehend to be the reason why mo- nosyllables , if too numerous ...
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... nosyllable them , by taking away the th when the preceding word ends with a consonant . But in general I disapprove of all such abbre- viations . They have a tendency to corrupt the structure of our language , without im- proving its ...
... nosyllable them , by taking away the th when the preceding word ends with a consonant . But in general I disapprove of all such abbre- viations . They have a tendency to corrupt the structure of our language , without im- proving its ...
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