Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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Side 5
... seem more impertinent than to ask , as one did , the value of a Roman penny . Yet the coherence was to me suffi- ciently manifest . The thought of the war in- troduced the thought of the delivering up of the king to his enemies ; the ...
... seem more impertinent than to ask , as one did , the value of a Roman penny . Yet the coherence was to me suffi- ciently manifest . The thought of the war in- troduced the thought of the delivering up of the king to his enemies ; the ...
Side 25
... seems indeed natural to creatures , who are in constant pur- suit of happiness , and to whom possession brings only disappointment ; and perhaps it may not be unphilosophically accounted for upon this principle . The pleasure we derive ...
... seems indeed natural to creatures , who are in constant pur- suit of happiness , and to whom possession brings only disappointment ; and perhaps it may not be unphilosophically accounted for upon this principle . The pleasure we derive ...
Side 38
... affording a more tranquil pleasure . The sublime and beautiful are , how- ever , frequently mixed , and seem to run into each other , as in that enchanting simile of Ho- mer , into which Mr. Pope has transposed more of 38 THE SUBLIME .
... affording a more tranquil pleasure . The sublime and beautiful are , how- ever , frequently mixed , and seem to run into each other , as in that enchanting simile of Ho- mer , into which Mr. Pope has transposed more of 38 THE SUBLIME .
Side 43
... seems to lessen its weight . The scenes between Arthur and Hubert in King John , are exquisitely touching ; and the pathos in Othello is greatly heightened by the youth and innocence of Desdemona , and her absence from her father and ...
... seems to lessen its weight . The scenes between Arthur and Hubert in King John , are exquisitely touching ; and the pathos in Othello is greatly heightened by the youth and innocence of Desdemona , and her absence from her father and ...
Side 73
... order . A certain author , speaking of Porto Bello , says : " This celebrated harbour , which was formerly very well defended by forts , which VOL . I. E Admiral Vernon destroyed in 1740 , seems to afford an PERSPICUITY . 73.
... order . A certain author , speaking of Porto Bello , says : " This celebrated harbour , which was formerly very well defended by forts , which VOL . I. E Admiral Vernon destroyed in 1740 , seems to afford an PERSPICUITY . 73.
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