Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 26
... the Sentimental Journey , & c . In these most unclassical productions , we see all regard to connexion and arrangement thrown aside ; the reader is frequently left to help himself to a meaning , or , if there is one , it 26 STYLE .
... the Sentimental Journey , & c . In these most unclassical productions , we see all regard to connexion and arrangement thrown aside ; the reader is frequently left to help himself to a meaning , or , if there is one , it 26 STYLE .
Side 33
... principally from the adjuncts and circum stances , is so frequently mixed with that which is produced by the greatness and dignity of the subject , that it is difficult sometimes to separate them c 5 THE SUBLIME . 33.
... principally from the adjuncts and circum stances , is so frequently mixed with that which is produced by the greatness and dignity of the subject , that it is difficult sometimes to separate them c 5 THE SUBLIME . 33.
Side 38
... a more tranquil pleasure . The sublime and beautiful are , how- ever , frequently mixed , and seem to run into each other , as in that enchanting simile of Ho- mer , into which Mr. Pope has transposed more of 38 THE SUBLIME .
... a more tranquil pleasure . The sublime and beautiful are , how- ever , frequently mixed , and seem to run into each other , as in that enchanting simile of Ho- mer , into which Mr. Pope has transposed more of 38 THE SUBLIME .
Side 48
... frequently be dis- posed to laugh , at seeing a man with one leg much thicker than the other , or at an animal with only one ear . One of the finest instances of strong sublime contrast that I remember , was when Mr. Burke , in one of ...
... frequently be dis- posed to laugh , at seeing a man with one leg much thicker than the other , or at an animal with only one ear . One of the finest instances of strong sublime contrast that I remember , was when Mr. Burke , in one of ...
Side 68
... frequent occur- rence of the same idea . Lastly , We cannot be too much on our guard against the vulgar idiom . Most writers who affect ease and fami liarity in writing , are apt to slide into it : 1 " But ease in writing flows from art ...
... frequent occur- rence of the same idea . Lastly , We cannot be too much on our guard against the vulgar idiom . Most writers who affect ease and fami liarity in writing , are apt to slide into it : 1 " But ease in writing flows from art ...
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