Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1A. Strahan & T. Cadell, 1798 - English language |
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... fentiments , affected ftyle , may please for a little ; but they please only because their oppofition to nature and to good fenfe has not been examined , or attended to . II . LECT . to . Once fhew how nature TASTE . 25.
... fentiments , affected ftyle , may please for a little ; but they please only because their oppofition to nature and to good fenfe has not been examined , or attended to . II . LECT . to . Once fhew how nature TASTE . 25.
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... because it differed fo widely from the Tafte of the fpecies to which he belongs . In like manner , with regard to the objects of fen- timent or internal Tafte , the common feelings of men carry the fame authority , and have a title to ...
... because it differed fo widely from the Tafte of the fpecies to which he belongs . In like manner , with regard to the objects of fen- timent or internal Tafte , the common feelings of men carry the fame authority , and have a title to ...
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... good Writing ; perhaps lefs to the Sublime than to any other species whatever ; because it requires lefs the affiftance of ornament . From this it ap F 2 pears , 4 IV . LECT . pears , that clear and precise SUBLIMITY IN WRITING . 67 ཕ.
... good Writing ; perhaps lefs to the Sublime than to any other species whatever ; because it requires lefs the affiftance of ornament . From this it ap F 2 pears , 4 IV . LECT . pears , that clear and precise SUBLIMITY IN WRITING . 67 ཕ.
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... because he was " wroth . He bowed the heavens and came down , " and darkness was under his feet ; and he did " ride upon a cherub , and did fly ; yea , he did fly " upon the wings of the wind . He made dark- " nefs his fecret place ...
... because he was " wroth . He bowed the heavens and came down , " and darkness was under his feet ; and he did " ride upon a cherub , and did fly ; yea , he did fly " upon the wings of the wind . He made dark- " nefs his fecret place ...
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... because it is fo capital an excellency in fine writing , and because clear and precise ideas on this head are , as far as I know , not to be met with in critical writers . BEFORE LECT . IV . BEFORE I Conclude this Lecture , SUBLIMITY IN ...
... because it is fo capital an excellency in fine writing , and because clear and precise ideas on this head are , as far as I know , not to be met with in critical writers . BEFORE LECT . IV . BEFORE I Conclude this Lecture , SUBLIMITY IN ...
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