Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... occasion or another . These effects upon the ear have been compared , and perhaps not without reason , to certain impressions produced upon our other senses . " That strain again ; —it had a dying fall , O , it came o'er my ear like the ...
... occasion or another . These effects upon the ear have been compared , and perhaps not without reason , to certain impressions produced upon our other senses . " That strain again ; —it had a dying fall , O , it came o'er my ear like the ...
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... occasion . Hence the fine arts , and particularly paint- ing , sculpture , and poetry , have been termed the " imitative arts , " because their chief ex- cellence depends upon their being an imitation or description of whatever is ...
... occasion . Hence the fine arts , and particularly paint- ing , sculpture , and poetry , have been termed the " imitative arts , " because their chief ex- cellence depends upon their being an imitation or description of whatever is ...
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... occasion- ally referring even to principles and rules . That this is an undoubted truth must be con- fessed by any person who observes how much more numerous good , or at least tolerable writ- ers , are at present in this country than ...
... occasion- ally referring even to principles and rules . That this is an undoubted truth must be con- fessed by any person who observes how much more numerous good , or at least tolerable writ- ers , are at present in this country than ...
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... occasion I shall pursue the same order as before , and consider purity of style , first , as it regards the choice of words ; and secondly , as referring to arrangement . The offences against purity of style , as far as respects the ...
... occasion I shall pursue the same order as before , and consider purity of style , first , as it regards the choice of words ; and secondly , as referring to arrangement . The offences against purity of style , as far as respects the ...
Side 81
... occasion to change the bullion of our language for the tinsel of theirs . A modern critic has , with great accuracy , collected a va- riety of these newly imported phrases : such as , opiniatre , sortie , dernier resort , beaux arts ...
... occasion to change the bullion of our language for the tinsel of theirs . A modern critic has , with great accuracy , collected a va- riety of these newly imported phrases : such as , opiniatre , sortie , dernier resort , beaux arts ...
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