Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 7
... apply all this to the immediate object of our correspondence . Nothing is more obvious than that some books are more pleasing than others ; some forcibly occupy our attention , while some inevitably tire and disgust . It is very THE ...
... apply all this to the immediate object of our correspondence . Nothing is more obvious than that some books are more pleasing than others ; some forcibly occupy our attention , while some inevitably tire and disgust . It is very THE ...
Side 13
... the proofs as to the reality of what is presented to us . The very same principles I apprehend will apply to what is called an animated style , as to an animated or interesting narrative or de- scription . STYLE . 13.
... the proofs as to the reality of what is presented to us . The very same principles I apprehend will apply to what is called an animated style , as to an animated or interesting narrative or de- scription . STYLE . 13.
Side 54
... application of this we have a fine instance in the four last lines which I have just quoted ; and in the fol- lowing from Swift's verses on his death . 68 My female friends , whose tender hearts " Have better learn'd to act their parts ...
... application of this we have a fine instance in the four last lines which I have just quoted ; and in the fol- lowing from Swift's verses on his death . 68 My female friends , whose tender hearts " Have better learn'd to act their parts ...
Side 61
... application . A knowledge of the Saxon , which is not difficult in attainment , should be added , as well as of French , to make a man perfect master of the radicals of his own language . Yet even this is LANGUAGE . 61 LETTER VII ...
... application . A knowledge of the Saxon , which is not difficult in attainment , should be added , as well as of French , to make a man perfect master of the radicals of his own language . Yet even this is LANGUAGE . 61 LETTER VII ...
Side 68
... application . 3d . Be not too anxious for variety of expres- sion . It is well observed by the Abbé Girard , that when a performance grows dull , it is not so much because the ear is tired by the fre- quent repetition of the same sound ...
... application . 3d . Be not too anxious for variety of expres- sion . It is well observed by the Abbé Girard , that when a performance grows dull , it is not so much because the ear is tired by the fre- quent repetition of the same sound ...
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