Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... period to which I refer . You will then be more shocked with their improbability , for the more ' this kind of imagery is believed in , the more vivid is the impression which it makes . Hence an obsolete system of mythology , such as ...
... period to which I refer . You will then be more shocked with their improbability , for the more ' this kind of imagery is believed in , the more vivid is the impression which it makes . Hence an obsolete system of mythology , such as ...
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... period , perhaps , of their youth and obscurity . " 4thly . The following are examples of am- biguity arising from the wrong position of a conjunction . The historian , speaking of an impolitic edict of Julian , thus expresses him- self ...
... period , perhaps , of their youth and obscurity . " 4thly . The following are examples of am- biguity arising from the wrong position of a conjunction . The historian , speaking of an impolitic edict of Julian , thus expresses him- self ...
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... periods , how- ever , seldom create obscurity , when the natural order of thought is preserved ; especially if each division , clause , or member of the sen- tence , is complete in itself . It is in general the insertion of foreign ...
... periods , how- ever , seldom create obscurity , when the natural order of thought is preserved ; especially if each division , clause , or member of the sen- tence , is complete in itself . It is in general the insertion of foreign ...
Side 93
... periods the charm of magic . I have not a doubt that the harmony of prose compositions pleases upon the same principles with those of verse ; and that something like a metrical arrangement may be traced in the style of our best prose ...
... periods the charm of magic . I have not a doubt that the harmony of prose compositions pleases upon the same principles with those of verse ; and that something like a metrical arrangement may be traced in the style of our best prose ...
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... periods or sentences . This is an arrangement made by the ear , perhaps without the observation or knowledge of the writer . A fine ear feels what sounds would be agreeable if it heard them pronounced , and naturally , and almost ...
... periods or sentences . This is an arrangement made by the ear , perhaps without the observation or knowledge of the writer . A fine ear feels what sounds would be agreeable if it heard them pronounced , and naturally , and almost ...
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