Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side iv
... whom they have long ap - ́ proved , of one whose life was uniformly devoted to their , and his own , best in- terests those of science , and literature ; of religion , and virtue . CONTENTS . VOL . I. LETTER I. Introduction . - iv PREFACE .
... whom they have long ap - ́ proved , of one whose life was uniformly devoted to their , and his own , best in- terests those of science , and literature ; of religion , and virtue . CONTENTS . VOL . I. LETTER I. Introduction . - iv PREFACE .
Side v
... Introduction . - Principle of Association . - Plea- sures from the Fine Arts Page LETTER II . Style 11 LETTER III . Sources of fine Composition 21 33 LETTER IV . The Sublime 28 LETTER V. The Pathetic 40 LETTER VI . The Ludicrous 47 Page ...
... Introduction . - Principle of Association . - Plea- sures from the Fine Arts Page LETTER II . Style 11 LETTER III . Sources of fine Composition 21 33 LETTER IV . The Sublime 28 LETTER V. The Pathetic 40 LETTER VI . The Ludicrous 47 Page ...
Side viii
... nature ; and having been completed since every other , it demands a preference , as containing all the latest improve ments and discoveries in every branch of knowledge . LETTERS ON LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION . LETTER I. Introduction .
... nature ; and having been completed since every other , it demands a preference , as containing all the latest improve ments and discoveries in every branch of knowledge . LETTERS ON LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION . LETTER I. Introduction .
Side 1
... Introduction . - Principle of Association.- Pleasures from the fine Arts . MY DEAR JOHN , WE live in an age when almost every thing is artificial . When not only rules are proposed for the performance of almost every action con- nected ...
... Introduction . - Principle of Association.- Pleasures from the fine Arts . MY DEAR JOHN , WE live in an age when almost every thing is artificial . When not only rules are proposed for the performance of almost every action con- nected ...
Side 28
... introduction to the more voluminous writers on criticism . Longinus too extends his notion of the sublime much further than I do , indeed almost to all that is excellent in serious composition . Perhaps etymology is in general a better ...
... introduction to the more voluminous writers on criticism . Longinus too extends his notion of the sublime much further than I do , indeed almost to all that is excellent in serious composition . Perhaps etymology is in general a better ...
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