Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... last observation , which is , that the most ungraceful circumstance in com- position is what I may call a kind of appendix to a sentence : something added after the na- tural close , and which is frequently even of a 112 SENTENCES .
... last observation , which is , that the most ungraceful circumstance in com- position is what I may call a kind of appendix to a sentence : something added after the na- tural close , and which is frequently even of a 112 SENTENCES .
Side 113
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. tural close , and which is frequently even of a very trivial nature , or which might have been included in the body of the sentence . Dr. Blair very properly terms such sentences " more . than ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. tural close , and which is frequently even of a very trivial nature , or which might have been included in the body of the sentence . Dr. Blair very properly terms such sentences " more . than ...
Side 145
... tural objects ; this imparts to them a simplicity which can be attributed to no other writings . Some of their comparisons are however remark- ably bold , and some incomparably beautiful , as you will see by consulting a work , which ...
... tural objects ; this imparts to them a simplicity which can be attributed to no other writings . Some of their comparisons are however remark- ably bold , and some incomparably beautiful , as you will see by consulting a work , which ...
Side 279
... tural and easy , not affected , nor yet trite , and directly leading to the object of the discourse . The conclusion should be animated , and skil- fully adapted to interest and awaken the feel- ings of the audience . It should ...
... tural and easy , not affected , nor yet trite , and directly leading to the object of the discourse . The conclusion should be animated , and skil- fully adapted to interest and awaken the feel- ings of the audience . It should ...
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