Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side iii
... intellectual pursuits . To his friends these circum- stances will render the Work additionally valuable . They will , from the natural and best feelings of the human heart , cherish the relic which reminds them of those hours of 4 2.
... intellectual pursuits . To his friends these circum- stances will render the Work additionally valuable . They will , from the natural and best feelings of the human heart , cherish the relic which reminds them of those hours of 4 2.
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 7
... nature , of the happiness we have enjoyed in similar scenes , or possibly of that which we have heard described as flowing from them , and perhaps an admiration of the excellence of the imitation , that principally inspire us with ...
... nature , of the happiness we have enjoyed in similar scenes , or possibly of that which we have heard described as flowing from them , and perhaps an admiration of the excellence of the imitation , that principally inspire us with ...
Side 9
... 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 powerful imaginations , most pregnant fancies ; but it is chiefly art which produces the many smooth ...
... 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 powerful imaginations , most pregnant fancies ; but it is chiefly art which produces the many smooth ...
Side 16
... nature and 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 ...
... nature and 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 ...
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