Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side viii
... elegant type , on su- perfine yellow wove paper . The copper - plates have been engraved chiefly from original drawings , by the first artists , and are equal to any plates ever given to the public in a work of this nature ; and having ...
... elegant type , on su- perfine yellow wove paper . The copper - plates have been engraved chiefly from original drawings , by the first artists , and are equal to any plates ever given to the public in a work of this nature ; and having ...
Side 8
... or fancy ; but still I must assert that every intellectual en- dowment may be improved . I must assert that writing , as far as chasteness , correctness , elegance , and fluency are concerned , is as much 8 8 PLEASURES FROM.
... or fancy ; but still I must assert that every intellectual en- dowment may be improved . I must assert that writing , as far as chasteness , correctness , elegance , and fluency are concerned , is as much 8 8 PLEASURES FROM.
Side 9
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. elegance , and fluency are concerned , is as much an art as any other ; that it is ... elegant writers who flourish at all times in the inferior walks of literature . I knew a very old gentle- man of ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. elegance , and fluency are concerned , is as much an art as any other ; that it is ... elegant writers who flourish at all times in the inferior walks of literature . I knew a very old gentle- man of ...
Side 10
... elegance and spirit , is now an essen- tial qualification in the character of every gen- tleman , I had almost said of every lady . Be- sides , that all public speaking , in whatever line , is a species of composition , and he will ...
... elegance and spirit , is now an essen- tial qualification in the character of every gen- tleman , I had almost said of every lady . Be- sides , that all public speaking , in whatever line , is a species of composition , and he will ...
Side 61
... 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 from a ...
... 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 from a ...
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