Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... 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 sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing , and giving odour . " SHAKS . To ...
... 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 sweet south That breathes upon a bank of violets , Stealing , and giving odour . " SHAKS . To ...
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... of great events , tragedies , or ingenious fictions of human actions and events , always interest more than any other literary productions , and the reason is , that they contain something that im- mediately 12 STYLE .
... of great events , tragedies , or ingenious fictions of human actions and events , always interest more than any other literary productions , and the reason is , that they contain something that im- mediately 12 STYLE .
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. reason is , that they contain something that im- mediately comes within the sphere of self , and engages , and by an associated action excites our passions . It is of but little consequence whether ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. reason is , that they contain something that im- mediately comes within the sphere of self , and engages , and by an associated action excites our passions . It is of but little consequence whether ...
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... , * has very justly remarked , that " One reason why philosophers seldom succeed in poetry may be that abstract ideas are too familiar to their * Dr. Priestley . minds . They are perpetually employed in re- ducing particular STYLE . 19.
... , * has very justly remarked , that " One reason why philosophers seldom succeed in poetry may be that abstract ideas are too familiar to their * Dr. Priestley . minds . They are perpetually employed in re- ducing particular STYLE . 19.
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... reason upon it ; it is sufficient if it is only natural . As is the case with the sublime , there are two principal circumstances which are productive of this affection : -First , when the story or sen- timent is sufficiently striking ...
... reason upon it ; it is sufficient if it is only natural . As is the case with the sublime , there are two principal circumstances which are productive of this affection : -First , when the story or sen- timent is sufficiently striking ...
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