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Side 15
... perfect unity of design , may arrange his sub- ject to the best advantage , may dramatize it , if I may use the expression . He will have the same set of actors and characters ; and can ob- tain a much clearer view of his subject and ...
... perfect unity of design , may arrange his sub- ject to the best advantage , may dramatize it , if I may use the expression . He will have the same set of actors and characters ; and can ob- tain a much clearer view of his subject and ...
Side 28
... perfect in each nobler part , " The sage's wisdom and the soldier's art , " This richer half of Grecian praise is thine : " But o'er thy style the slighted graces pine , " And tir'd attention toils thro ' many a maze , To reach the ...
... perfect in each nobler part , " The sage's wisdom and the soldier's art , " This richer half of Grecian praise is thine : " But o'er thy style the slighted graces pine , " And tir'd attention toils thro ' many a maze , To reach the ...
Side 46
... famous extant are those of Cæsar , containing the particulars of his wars in Gaul and Britain . A more perfect model of this kind of writing cannot be mentioned . The style is clear and simple , yet sweet and 46 MEMOIRS .
... famous extant are those of Cæsar , containing the particulars of his wars in Gaul and Britain . A more perfect model of this kind of writing cannot be mentioned . The style is clear and simple , yet sweet and 46 MEMOIRS .
Side 83
... perfect there must be subject , and the petty incidents of private life are not subjects that can be expected to en- gage much of public attention . It is different when the facts described are of general import- ance . Miss Williams's ...
... perfect there must be subject , and the petty incidents of private life are not subjects that can be expected to en- gage much of public attention . It is different when the facts described are of general import- ance . Miss Williams's ...
Side 93
... perfect harmony could be produced . Modern languages , on the contrary , are de- fective with respect to the quantity of syllables , the same syllable being sometimes long and sometimes short . Some critics indeed have de- nied that we ...
... perfect harmony could be produced . Modern languages , on the contrary , are de- fective with respect to the quantity of syllables , the same syllable being sometimes long and sometimes short . Some critics indeed have de- nied that we ...
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