Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Bind 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 sider |
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... whole house agitated as by a shock of electri- city , by some new and unexpected sally . These were sometimes of a witty , and sometimes of a serious description . But in either way , I be- lieve there never was an orator of whom ...
... whole house agitated as by a shock of electri- city , by some new and unexpected sally . These were sometimes of a witty , and sometimes of a serious description . But in either way , I be- lieve there never was an orator of whom ...
Side 28
... whole treatise on the sublime , you will probably wonder at my boldness , when I presume to confine so important a subject within the short limits of a letter . But you will remember that these letters are intended only as an ...
... whole treatise on the sublime , you will probably wonder at my boldness , when I presume to confine so important a subject within the short limits of a letter . But you will remember that these letters are intended only as an ...
Side 32
... whole of that chapter is in- comparably sublime . Innumerable instances are to be found in Scripture of this species of the sublime , parti- cularly in the Psalms and the books of the pro- phets , and especially in Isaiah and the book ...
... whole of that chapter is in- comparably sublime . Innumerable instances are to be found in Scripture of this species of the sublime , parti- cularly in the Psalms and the books of the pro- phets , and especially in Isaiah and the book ...
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... whole ; " He who fix'd each planet's place ; " Who bade unnumbered orbs to roll , " In destin'd course through endless space . " Let the glorious heavens rejoice , " The hills exult with grateful voice ; " Let ocean tell the echoing ...
... whole ; " He who fix'd each planet's place ; " Who bade unnumbered orbs to roll , " In destin'd course through endless space . " Let the glorious heavens rejoice , " The hills exult with grateful voice ; " Let ocean tell the echoing ...
Side 44
... whole of that inimitable poem , Mr. Pope's Eloisa , affords a fine example of this ; and par- ticularly the following lines ; " No fly me , fly me , far as pole from pole ; " Rise Alps between us , and whole oceans roll ! " Ah ! come ...
... whole of that inimitable poem , Mr. Pope's Eloisa , affords a fine example of this ; and par- ticularly the following lines ; " No fly me , fly me , far as pole from pole ; " Rise Alps between us , and whole oceans roll ! " Ah ! come ...
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