Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 31
... expression . When in the former , it is either displayed in the greatness and sublimity of the subject itself , or in the circumstances under which it is described . In the latter case , sublimity of expression , it will chiefly depend ...
... expression . When in the former , it is either displayed in the greatness and sublimity of the subject itself , or in the circumstances under which it is described . In the latter case , sublimity of expression , it will chiefly depend ...
Side 33
... expression of Isaiah— " And the heavens shall be rolled up as a scroll . " And another in the Psalms- " He looketh on the earth and it trembleth ; he toucheth the hills and they smoke . " An instance of this branch of the sublime as ...
... expression of Isaiah— " And the heavens shall be rolled up as a scroll . " And another in the Psalms- " He looketh on the earth and it trembleth ; he toucheth the hills and they smoke . " An instance of this branch of the sublime as ...
Side 34
... expressions of the two last lines have commonly escaped the notice of critics- But how forcibly do they impress us with the idea of the omnipresence of God ? Wherever we are , we are in his actual custody and keep- ing , in his hand ...
... expressions of the two last lines have commonly escaped the notice of critics- But how forcibly do they impress us with the idea of the omnipresence of God ? Wherever we are , we are in his actual custody and keep- ing , in his hand ...
Side 37
... expression , as the imagery and epithets are exceedingly rich- " Night , sable goddess , from her ebon throne , " In rayless majesty , now stretches forth " Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world . " Silence how dead ! and darkness ...
... expression , as the imagery and epithets are exceedingly rich- " Night , sable goddess , from her ebon throne , " In rayless majesty , now stretches forth " Her leaden sceptre o'er a slumbering world . " Silence how dead ! and darkness ...
Side 46
... expression of tenderness is the great excellence in the fine Madonna's of the Italian school of painting . In the Scrip- ture , the finest examples of this will also be found , as for instance , Isaiah xlix . 14 , 15 .. " But Zion said ...
... expression of tenderness is the great excellence in the fine Madonna's of the Italian school of painting . In the Scrip- ture , the finest examples of this will also be found , as for instance , Isaiah xlix . 14 , 15 .. " But Zion said ...
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