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... imagination , which is distressed and confounded , and loses , in the contemplation of this disorder , the thought and courage to re- medy it . " The imagination will , however , be most powerfully assisted by the perusal of fine de ...
... imagination , which is distressed and confounded , and loses , in the contemplation of this disorder , the thought and courage to re- medy it . " The imagination will , however , be most powerfully assisted by the perusal of fine de ...
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... striking as elegant . His America is the least valuable of his histories ; but the sub- ject was better known , and had been treated by other modern historians . With an imagination more vigorous , and a style more ROBERTSON . 39.
... striking as elegant . His America is the least valuable of his histories ; but the sub- ject was better known , and had been treated by other modern historians . With an imagination more vigorous , and a style more ROBERTSON . 39.
Side 40
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. With an imagination more vigorous , and a style more highly ornamented than Dr. Ro- bertson's ; with equal industry , and more learn- ing , Mr. Gibbon has cultivated a long , and as it was thought , a ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. With an imagination more vigorous , and a style more highly ornamented than Dr. Ro- bertson's ; with equal industry , and more learn- ing , Mr. Gibbon has cultivated a long , and as it was thought , a ...
Side 51
... imagination . For a specimen of regular biography we can therefore extend our views no further back than the work of Cornelius Nepos , who was contemporary with Cicero and Cæsar . Yet from the style in which these lives are com- posed ...
... imagination . For a specimen of regular biography we can therefore extend our views no further back than the work of Cornelius Nepos , who was contemporary with Cicero and Cæsar . Yet from the style in which these lives are com- posed ...
Side 66
... imagination , I mean fictitious narrative . Re- specting what is a mere exertion of fancy , scarcely any rules can be established , and in this respect even Aristotle's poetics have done more harm than good , particularly in the rules ...
... imagination , I mean fictitious narrative . Re- specting what is a mere exertion of fancy , scarcely any rules can be established , and in this respect even Aristotle's poetics have done more harm than good , particularly in the rules ...
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