Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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... effects , we can generally foretel when these effects will be pro- duced . Music is perhaps the simplest of all the fine arts : its power is derived entirely from the influence of certain sounds upon the organs of perception . It is ...
... effects , we can generally foretel when these effects will be pro- duced . Music is perhaps the simplest of all the fine arts : its power is derived entirely from the influence of certain sounds upon the organs of perception . It is ...
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... effect of some flowers more than others ; it depends upon the combi- nation and arrangement of colours ; upon the regular disposition of the petals ; upon some unknown circumstance even independent of the principle of association ...
... effect of some flowers more than others ; it depends upon the combi- nation and arrangement of colours ; upon the regular disposition of the petals ; upon some unknown circumstance even independent of the principle of association ...
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... effect of this parable , I assert , is princi- pally owing to the style or manner in which it is narrated ; and to prove it , we need only re- late the circumstance in the usual manner of a newspaper paragraph . " We have it from the ...
... effect of this parable , I assert , is princi- pally owing to the style or manner in which it is narrated ; and to prove it , we need only re- late the circumstance in the usual manner of a newspaper paragraph . " We have it from the ...
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... effects to be produced by the manner of telling a very simple story , in other words , of the effect of style . From this example too you will see the truth of 16 STYLE .
... effects to be produced by the manner of telling a very simple story , in other words , of the effect of style . From this example too you will see the truth of 16 STYLE .
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... effect is the peculiar province of genius ; for there is nothing in which folly is more dis- played than in too circumstantial a detail of trifling matters ; while , on the contrary , it is certain that a discourse ( and much more a ...
... effect is the peculiar province of genius ; for there is nothing in which folly is more dis- played than in too circumstantial a detail of trifling matters ; while , on the contrary , it is certain that a discourse ( and much more a ...
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