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... picture ; for narrative is a pic- ture in words , so that it shall be full , clear , and impressive , and keep awake the reader's atten- tion through the whole . The difficulties which I have now enumerated -will in some measure ...
... picture ; for narrative is a pic- ture in words , so that it shall be full , clear , and impressive , and keep awake the reader's atten- tion through the whole . The difficulties which I have now enumerated -will in some measure ...
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... picture , we see , and con- verse with the man . Lastly , if you have to describe any natural phenomenon , it will be right to acquaint your- self philosophically with its causes and its ef- fects , and this will operate against your ...
... picture , we see , and con- verse with the man . Lastly , if you have to describe any natural phenomenon , it will be right to acquaint your- self philosophically with its causes and its ef- fects , and this will operate against your ...
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... picture to the mind of the reader . They lose not the matter in general , but the principal ac- tors and characters are before our eyes . This is strongly exemplified in the transactions of Samuel with Eli , and afterwards with Saul ...
... picture to the mind of the reader . They lose not the matter in general , but the principal ac- tors and characters are before our eyes . This is strongly exemplified in the transactions of Samuel with Eli , and afterwards with Saul ...
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... picture of thy mind ; " Thine was the praise bright models to afford " To Cæsar's rival pen and rival sword , " & c . Xenophon was much studied by the Roman warriors , as affording the best instructions in the military art , and ...
... picture of thy mind ; " Thine was the praise bright models to afford " To Cæsar's rival pen and rival sword , " & c . Xenophon was much studied by the Roman warriors , as affording the best instructions in the military art , and ...
Side 44
... picture ; in this particular detail we see the men : all is dramatic , and the vi- vacity of the scene takes off from the prolixity of the detail . Mr. Hayley's character of the writer is tolerably correct- Yet courtesy with generous ...
... picture ; in this particular detail we see the men : all is dramatic , and the vi- vacity of the scene takes off from the prolixity of the detail . Mr. Hayley's character of the writer is tolerably correct- Yet courtesy with generous ...
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