Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... caused a considerable re- duction in size , without impairing the intrinsic value and ge- neral utility of the work . III . It is printed so as to correspond with the quarto edi- tions of Johnson's Dictionary ; and the possessors of ...
... caused a considerable re- duction in size , without impairing the intrinsic value and ge- neral utility of the work . III . It is printed so as to correspond with the quarto edi- tions of Johnson's Dictionary ; and the possessors of ...
Side 12
... causes of this are the har- mony arising from the metre or the rhyme , and which ( without entering into a metaphysi- cal inquiry as to the cause ) may be referred to the same source as the pleasure which music af- fords . The other ...
... causes of this are the har- mony arising from the metre or the rhyme , and which ( without entering into a metaphysi- cal inquiry as to the cause ) may be referred to the same source as the pleasure which music af- fords . The other ...
Side 21
... cause I can as- sign for this is , that life itself consists chiefly in action , and it is only when in some degree occupied or engaged , that we feel the pleasure of living . Violent action or agitation , on the contrary , pains and ...
... cause I can as- sign for this is , that life itself consists chiefly in action , and it is only when in some degree occupied or engaged , that we feel the pleasure of living . Violent action or agitation , on the contrary , pains and ...
Side 22
... cause from which I have account- ed for the pleasurable sensations excited by tragedy . Almost every thing wonderful is con- nected with something of the terrific , and we know that terror moderately excited , or I should perhaps say ...
... cause from which I have account- ed for the pleasurable sensations excited by tragedy . Almost every thing wonderful is con- nected with something of the terrific , and we know that terror moderately excited , or I should perhaps say ...
Side 30
... swell- ing out to all eternity : an object unpropor- tioned to our capacity , as is thy being , O thou antient cause ! Older than time , yet young with fresh eternity ! " In vain we try to fathom the abyss of 30 THE SUBLIME .
... swell- ing out to all eternity : an object unpropor- tioned to our capacity , as is thy being , O thou antient cause ! Older than time , yet young with fresh eternity ! " In vain we try to fathom the abyss of 30 THE SUBLIME .
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