Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 16
... kind of the animal is forgotten , and it becomes almost a rational creature ; which is in- deed nearly established in the conclusion of the sentence , for " it was unto him as a daughter . ” Thus the hearer's mind is prepared by a se ...
... kind of the animal is forgotten , and it becomes almost a rational creature ; which is in- deed nearly established in the conclusion of the sentence , for " it was unto him as a daughter . ” Thus the hearer's mind is prepared by a se ...
Side 19
... kind ; and productions which possess it will , as I stated , be only read for their matter . I am speaking at present of those sources whence the orna- ments or decorations of style are derived . One , who was himself a philosopher ...
... kind ; and productions which possess it will , as I stated , be only read for their matter . I am speaking at present of those sources whence the orna- ments or decorations of style are derived . One , who was himself a philosopher ...
Side 23
... kind of imagery is believed in , the more vivid is the impression which it makes . Hence an obsolete system of mythology , such as that of the heathen poets , has less effect upon our minds than a modern well - wrought tale of ...
... kind of imagery is believed in , the more vivid is the impression which it makes . Hence an obsolete system of mythology , such as that of the heathen poets , has less effect upon our minds than a modern well - wrought tale of ...
Side 30
... kind is experienced . " Who but rather turns " To heaven's broad fire his unconstrained view , " Than to the glimmering of a waxen flame ? " Who that from alpine heights , his lab'ring eye " Shoots round the wide horizon , to survey ...
... kind is experienced . " Who but rather turns " To heaven's broad fire his unconstrained view , " Than to the glimmering of a waxen flame ? " Who that from alpine heights , his lab'ring eye " Shoots round the wide horizon , to survey ...
Side 51
... kind of humour some ex- cellent specimens were afforded by the writers of the Rolliad , the Probationary Odes , & c . 4th . Meanness and dignity brought together * See the Economy of Nature , b . x . c . 4 . in contact . Under this head ...
... kind of humour some ex- cellent specimens were afforded by the writers of the Rolliad , the Probationary Odes , & c . 4th . Meanness and dignity brought together * See the Economy of Nature , b . x . c . 4 . in contact . Under this head ...
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3dly 4thly admire afford allegory animated antient appears argument arrangement beautiful Blair book of Job called catachresis Cicero circumstances common comparison composition conclude correct critic DEAR JOHN Demosthenes didactic discourse divine effect elegant eloquence example excellence excited exordium expression fancy figurative language frequently genius Gibbon guage harmony hearers Hudibras humour ideas imagery imagination instance introduced irony Isocrates kind letter Livy Lord manner mean ment metaphors metonymy mind modern narrative nature neral never nosyllable object obscurity observed orations oratory ornament passion pathetic perhaps person Pitt plain pleasure poetry principal prose prosopopoeia reader remark resemblance respect rhetoric ridiculous rules scarcely senate sense sentence sermons Shakspeare short sion Sisera sometimes speak speaker species speech style sublime synecdoche taste tence thing thou thought tion trochee truth tural Turenne verb verse words writer young