Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 10
... line , is a species of composition , and he will certainly be the most successful who , if pos- sessed of equal talents with his competitors , has made himself well acquainted with the rules and principles of eloquence . LETTER II . MY ...
... line , is a species of composition , and he will certainly be the most successful who , if pos- sessed of equal talents with his competitors , has made himself well acquainted with the rules and principles of eloquence . LETTER II . MY ...
Side 13
... line , Lear , the Merchant of Venice , & c . , which are certainly not less interesting than his plays founded on the English history , though the latter are so far correspondent to fact , that many of the speeches are nearly a literal ...
... line , Lear , the Merchant of Venice , & c . , which are certainly not less interesting than his plays founded on the English history , though the latter are so far correspondent to fact , that many of the speeches are nearly a literal ...
Side 32
... , I find it in the two first of these lines , where a truly grand and magnificent idea is entirely degraded by the meanness of the imagery and expres- sion . In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm 32 THE SUBLIME .
... , I find it in the two first of these lines , where a truly grand and magnificent idea is entirely degraded by the meanness of the imagery and expres- sion . In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm 32 THE SUBLIME .
Side 34
... lines have commonly escaped the notice of critics- But how forcibly do they impress us with the idea of the omnipresence of God ? Wherever we are , we are in his actual custody and keep- ing , in his hand : " There also shall thy hand ...
... lines have commonly escaped the notice of critics- But how forcibly do they impress us with the idea of the omnipresence of God ? Wherever we are , we are in his actual custody and keep- ing , in his hand : " There also shall thy hand ...
Side 36
... lines afford , in a short compass , a very fine instance , and yet with very little pomp of imagery . They are from the prophecy of Anchises of the future glories of Rome . " Excudent alii spirantia mollius æra , " Credo equidem : vivos ...
... lines afford , in a short compass , a very fine instance , and yet with very little pomp of imagery . They are from the prophecy of Anchises of the future glories of Rome . " Excudent alii spirantia mollius æra , " Credo equidem : vivos ...
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