Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... correct and agreeable style . What I have now observed ought not to lessen the value of this accomplishment of writ- ing well in your opinion . The more general it is , the more indispensable it becomes . To • 10 PLEASURES FROM THE FINE ...
... correct and agreeable style . What I have now observed ought not to lessen the value of this accomplishment of writ- ing well in your opinion . The more general it is , the more indispensable it becomes . To • 10 PLEASURES FROM THE FINE ...
Side 51
... correctly classed , the various causes of that fanciful agreement which produce risible emotions . I. Under that of contiguity we may arrange , 1st . Bodily singularities , including a gro- tesque dress or manner . 2d . Groups of ...
... correctly classed , the various causes of that fanciful agreement which produce risible emotions . I. Under that of contiguity we may arrange , 1st . Bodily singularities , including a gro- tesque dress or manner . 2d . Groups of ...
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... correct himself . " I should say eye , for h'ad but one , " As authors write , though some say none . " A witty as well as most eloquent senator of our own times , has often employed this stroke of humour with infinite effect ...
... correct himself . " I should say eye , for h'ad but one , " As authors write , though some say none . " A witty as well as most eloquent senator of our own times , has often employed this stroke of humour with infinite effect ...
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... " Even the chaste and correct Pope is not above a pun- " Here thou great Anna , whom three realms obey ,. 86 Dost sometimes counsel take , and sometimes tea . " LETTER VII . Language . - Perspicuity . - Purity 60 THE LUDICROUS .
... " Even the chaste and correct Pope is not above a pun- " Here thou great Anna , whom three realms obey ,. 86 Dost sometimes counsel take , and sometimes tea . " LETTER VII . Language . - Perspicuity . - Purity 60 THE LUDICROUS .
Side 61
... correct and elegant use of lan- guage . : The only foundation of a good style , as far as respects the use of words , is an extensive and accurate knowledge of the language in which we write . One of the principal advantages resulting ...
... correct and elegant use of lan- guage . : The only foundation of a good style , as far as respects the use of words , is an extensive and accurate knowledge of the language in which we write . One of the principal advantages resulting ...
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