Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 8
... give what is called genius , or imagination , 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 ...
... give what is called genius , or imagination , 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 ...
Side 22
... gives pleasure , whereas the same event in real life is productive of pain . Whether this account , however , is consistent with truth and nature or not , will make little difference as to the practical part of our subject . It is ...
... gives pleasure , whereas the same event in real life is productive of pain . Whether this account , however , is consistent with truth and nature or not , will make little difference as to the practical part of our subject . It is ...
Side 29
... give us the sensation . I never find myself within the long and lofty aisle of a fine Gothic cathedral , with- out experiencing it ; and I conceive it would be impossible to survey even one of the great pyramids of Egypt , without a ...
... give us the sensation . I never find myself within the long and lofty aisle of a fine Gothic cathedral , with- out experiencing it ; and I conceive it would be impossible to survey even one of the great pyramids of Egypt , without a ...
Side 36
... those nations tremble and obey ; " To crush the proud , the suppliant foe to rear , " To give mankind the peace , or shake the world with war . " PITT . Critics have established a further distinction with respect to the 36 THE SUBLIME .
... those nations tremble and obey ; " To crush the proud , the suppliant foe to rear , " To give mankind the peace , or shake the world with war . " PITT . Critics have established a further distinction with respect to the 36 THE SUBLIME .
Side 49
... give than the celebrated distich from the great master in wit and humour , the point and ridicule of which is wholly inde- pendant of the double rhime . " When pulpit , drum ecclesiastic , " Was beat with fist , instead of a stick ...
... give than the celebrated distich from the great master in wit and humour , the point and ridicule of which is wholly inde- pendant of the double rhime . " When pulpit , drum ecclesiastic , " Was beat with fist , instead of a stick ...
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