Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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... excellence of the imitation , that principally inspire us with pleasurable sen- sations on such an occasion . Hence the fine arts , and particularly paint-- ing , sculpture , and poetry , have been termed the " imitative arts ...
... excellence of the imitation , that principally inspire us with pleasurable sen- sations on such an occasion . Hence the fine arts , and particularly paint-- ing , sculpture , and poetry , have been termed the " imitative arts ...
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... excellence in the fine Madonna's of the Italian school of painting . In the Scrip- ture , the finest examples of this will also be found , as for instance , Isaiah xlix . 14 , 15 . " But Zion said , the Lord hath forsaken me , and my ...
... excellence in the fine Madonna's of the Italian school of painting . In the Scrip- ture , the finest examples of this will also be found , as for instance , Isaiah xlix . 14 , 15 . " But Zion said , the Lord hath forsaken me , and my ...
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... excellence which more recommends style than purity . This quality is indeed commonly confounded with elegance ; though I think elegance implies something more , and necessarily includes some idea of ornament . There is no quality too ...
... excellence which more recommends style than purity . This quality is indeed commonly confounded with elegance ; though I think elegance implies something more , and necessarily includes some idea of ornament . There is no quality too ...
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... excellence , and that quality seems principally to have given him popularity and lasting fame . But Plato is not the only author who has been elevated into high reputation by his style . The harmony of style must greatly depend upon the ...
... excellence , and that quality seems principally to have given him popularity and lasting fame . But Plato is not the only author who has been elevated into high reputation by his style . The harmony of style must greatly depend upon the ...
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... excellence , I might almost say , was the finest ear that perhaps ever fell to the lot of any writer - I speak of Lord Boling- broke . The poverty and triteness of his matter sink him beneath most of the writers of his age , and yet it ...
... excellence , I might almost say , was the finest ear that perhaps ever fell to the lot of any writer - I speak of Lord Boling- broke . The poverty and triteness of his matter sink him beneath most of the writers of his age , and yet it ...
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