Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... light and shade , would afford any peculiar pleasure . It is the recol- lection that is revived of the beauties of nature , of the happiness we have enjoyed in similar scenes , or possibly of that which we have heard described as ...
... light and shade , would afford any peculiar pleasure . It is the recol- lection that is revived of the beauties of nature , of the happiness we have enjoyed in similar scenes , or possibly of that which we have heard described as ...
Side 31
... combined , if possible , with force and simplicity , is absolutely necessary , as in the famous instance quoted by almost every critic from Longinus to the present time : " And God said , let there be light - and there THE SUBLIME . 31.
... combined , if possible , with force and simplicity , is absolutely necessary , as in the famous instance quoted by almost every critic from Longinus to the present time : " And God said , let there be light - and there THE SUBLIME . 31.
Side 32
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. God said , let there be light - and there was light . " But the whole of that chapter is in- comparably sublime . Innumerable instances are to be found in Scripture of this species of the sublime ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. God said , let there be light - and there was light . " But the whole of that chapter is in- comparably sublime . Innumerable instances are to be found in Scripture of this species of the sublime ...
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... light ; " When not a breath disturbs the deep serene , " And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene , " Around her throne the vivid planets roll , " And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; " O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure ...
... light ; " When not a breath disturbs the deep serene , " And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene , " Around her throne the vivid planets roll , " And stars unnumbered gild the glowing pole ; " O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure ...
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... light are wont " To turn their optics in upon't . " This species of wit would scarcely stand the test which Mr. Addison proposes for real wit , that of being translated into another language .. It approaches indeed very near to the pun ...
... light are wont " To turn their optics in upon't . " This species of wit would scarcely stand the test which Mr. Addison proposes for real wit , that of being translated into another language .. It approaches indeed very near to the pun ...
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