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Side 3
... measure anticipate the rules for narrative composition ; if indeed any rules can be laid down for governing the fancy , and di- recting the taste . Perspicuity , it will be easily seen , is the first excellence of narrative . The ...
... measure anticipate the rules for narrative composition ; if indeed any rules can be laid down for governing the fancy , and di- recting the taste . Perspicuity , it will be easily seen , is the first excellence of narrative . The ...
Side 5
... measure on the subject ; but in general it is safer to attempt too little in the way of ornament than too much . Nothing tends more to confuse a narrative than a style too florid ; though figurative language , sparingly , and ...
... measure on the subject ; but in general it is safer to attempt too little in the way of ornament than too much . Nothing tends more to confuse a narrative than a style too florid ; though figurative language , sparingly , and ...
Side 13
... now extant , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or not , our ignorance of the HISTORY 13.
... now extant , even in prose , bear in some measure the characters of poetry . The scripture histories , though brief , are al- most poetical . Whether they were originally composed in metre or not , our ignorance of the HISTORY 13.
Side 14
... measures renders us incompetent to de-- cide . The older histories of other nations have all somewhat of a dramatic complexion , and the fictitious speeches which are ascribed to their principal character , savour more of the epic than ...
... measures renders us incompetent to de-- cide . The older histories of other nations have all somewhat of a dramatic complexion , and the fictitious speeches which are ascribed to their principal character , savour more of the epic than ...
Side 17
... measure from his pre- conceived ideas , if he wishes to avoid the cha- racter of a mere copyist or transcriber . It is almost common - place to say , that the great requisites of history are truth , imparti- ality , and perspicuity ...
... measure from his pre- conceived ideas , if he wishes to avoid the cha- racter of a mere copyist or transcriber . It is almost common - place to say , that the great requisites of history are truth , imparti- ality , and perspicuity ...
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