Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 3
... least in part , from certain associations which the mind has formed with other objects . It is exceedingly obvious that two or more sensations happening at the same time , the ideas will become united . Thus the ideas of the figure and ...
... least in part , from certain associations which the mind has formed with other objects . It is exceedingly obvious that two or more sensations happening at the same time , the ideas will become united . Thus the ideas of the figure and ...
Side 5
... resolved , in part at least , into the prin- ciple of association . Many of the human pas- sions are chiefly , if not entirely , derived from it . Thus patriotism , or the strong attachment which PRINCIPLE OF ASSOCIATION . 5.
... resolved , in part at least , into the prin- ciple of association . Many of the human pas- sions are chiefly , if not entirely , derived from it . Thus patriotism , or the strong attachment which PRINCIPLE OF ASSOCIATION . 5.
Side 9
... least tolerable writ- ers , are at present in this country than they were two centuries ago . Nature must create a Shakspeare , a Milton , a Pope , a Swift , an Ad- dison , a Johnson or a Gibbon . These were men possessed of most ...
... least tolerable writ- ers , are at present in this country than they were two centuries ago . Nature must create a Shakspeare , a Milton , a Pope , a Swift , an Ad- dison , a Johnson or a Gibbon . These were men possessed of most ...
Side 63
... least while employed in the immediate study of composi- tion . I have thought that I derived much ad- vantage from accustoming myself before I sat down to compose , always to read a few pages in some good writer , whose spirit I should ...
... least while employed in the immediate study of composi- tion . I have thought that I derived much ad- vantage from accustoming myself before I sat down to compose , always to read a few pages in some good writer , whose spirit I should ...
Side 69
... least the sense should be ob- scured to the reader , though to the writer it may appear sufficiently clear . - e . g . " You ought to contemn all the wit in the world against you . " - GUARDIAN . In this sentence , it is remarked by a ...
... least the sense should be ob- scured to the reader , though to the writer it may appear sufficiently clear . - e . g . " You ought to contemn all the wit in the world against you . " - GUARDIAN . In this sentence , it is remarked by a ...
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