Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... instance , I much doubt whether he would de- rive from it any other pleasure than that which its novelty would afford . I question whether the harmony of the colouring , so much spoken of by painters , or the light and shade , would ...
... instance , I much doubt whether he would de- rive from it any other pleasure than that which its novelty would afford . I question whether the harmony of the colouring , so much spoken of by painters , or the light and shade , would ...
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... instance of a picture composed of a variety of little , but well - chosen circumstances . An historian might have said , in allusion to the shocking murder of Prince Arthur , the real heir to the crown , in the reign of King John ...
... instance of a picture composed of a variety of little , but well - chosen circumstances . An historian might have said , in allusion to the shocking murder of Prince Arthur , the real heir to the crown , in the reign of King John ...
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... instances of magnanimity , generosity , fortitude , courage and patriotism are sublime . Of these , per- haps , the finest instance that ever was pointed out is our Saviour's last prayer for his ene- mies- " Father , forgive them , they ...
... instances of magnanimity , generosity , fortitude , courage and patriotism are sublime . Of these , per- haps , the finest instance that ever was pointed out is our Saviour's last prayer for his ene- mies- " Father , forgive them , they ...
Side 32
... instances are to be found in Scripture of this species of the sublime , parti- cularly in the Psalms and the books of the pro- phets , and especially in Isaiah and the book of Job . Such is that noble description of the Al- mighty Power ...
... instances are to be found in Scripture of this species of the sublime , parti- cularly in the Psalms and the books of the pro- phets , and especially in Isaiah and the book of Job . Such is that noble description of the Al- mighty Power ...
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... instance of the sublime , alluding , as I apprehend , to the deluge → " Thou coveredst it ( the earth ) with the deep as with a garment : the waters stood above the mountains . At thy rebuke they fled , at the voice of thy thunder they ...
... instance of the sublime , alluding , as I apprehend , to the deluge → " Thou coveredst it ( the earth ) with the deep as with a garment : the waters stood above the mountains . At thy rebuke they fled , at the voice of thy thunder they ...
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