Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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... imagery to feel in a tenfold de- gree the cruel sequel which is coming , and which is also not less skilfully wrought up . " And there came a traveller unto the rich man , and he spared to take of his own flock , and of his own herd ...
... imagery to feel in a tenfold de- gree the cruel sequel which is coming , and which is also not less skilfully wrought up . " And there came a traveller unto the rich man , and he spared to take of his own flock , and of his own herd ...
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... imagery , which while it entertains and en- gages , leaves a strong impression on the mind : " Old men , and beldams , in the streets " Do prophesy upon it dangerously : " Young Arthur's death is common in their mouths ; " And when they ...
... imagery , which while it entertains and en- gages , leaves a strong impression on the mind : " Old men , and beldams , in the streets " Do prophesy upon it dangerously : " Young Arthur's death is common in their mouths ; " And when they ...
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... imagery employed by any writer✓ affects and interests his readers . The same phi- losophers have endeavoured to explain why the excitement of moderate emotions , such as are produced by the sight of a tragedy , should be a source of ...
... imagery employed by any writer✓ affects and interests his readers . The same phi- losophers have endeavoured to explain why the excitement of moderate emotions , such as are produced by the sight of a tragedy , should be a source of ...
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... imagery is believed in , the more vivid is the impression which it makes . Hence an obsolete system of mythology , such as that of the heathen poets , has less effect upon our minds than a modern well - wrought tale of witchcraft or ...
... imagery is believed in , the more vivid is the impression which it makes . Hence an obsolete system of mythology , such as that of the heathen poets , has less effect upon our minds than a modern well - wrought tale of witchcraft or ...
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... the false sublime , I find it in the two first of these lines , where a truly grand and magnificent idea is entirely degraded by the meanness of the imagery and expres- sion . In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm 32 THE SUBLIME .
... the false sublime , I find it in the two first of these lines , where a truly grand and magnificent idea is entirely degraded by the meanness of the imagery and expres- sion . In the 6th and 7th verses of the same Psalm 32 THE SUBLIME .
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