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... - sures from the Fine Arts Page 1 LETTER II . Style 11 LETTER III . Sources of fine Composition 21 LETTER IV . The Sublime 28 LETTER V. The Pathetic 40 LETTER VI . The Ludicrous 47 Page LETTER VII . Language . - Perspicuity . -
... - sures from the Fine Arts Page 1 LETTER II . Style 11 LETTER III . Sources of fine Composition 21 LETTER IV . The Sublime 28 LETTER V. The Pathetic 40 LETTER VI . The Ludicrous 47 Page LETTER VII . Language . - Perspicuity . -
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... sublime ; 4th , the pathetic ; 5th , the ridi- culous . 1. Our taste for the marvellous is chiefly to be I referred to that general principle of our nature , which is so strong a principle of action , the passion of admiration . It may ...
... sublime ; 4th , the pathetic ; 5th , the ridi- culous . 1. Our taste for the marvellous is chiefly to be I referred to that general principle of our nature , which is so strong a principle of action , the passion of admiration . It may ...
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... sublime , but I perceive that if I intro- duced it here I should greatly exceed my li- mits . LETTER IV . III . The Sublime . MY DEAR 02 STYLE . 27.
... sublime , but I perceive that if I intro- duced it here I should greatly exceed my li- mits . LETTER IV . III . The Sublime . MY DEAR 02 STYLE . 27.
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... 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 ... SUBLIME LETTER IV The Sublime.
... 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 ... SUBLIME LETTER IV The Sublime.
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... sublime is experienced when we survey a very large and lofty moun- tain , a vast extensive plain , a very wide and ... sublime . On feeling an earthquake , or surveying the eruption of a volcano , the sensation must be THE SUBLIME . 29.
... sublime is experienced when we survey a very large and lofty moun- tain , a vast extensive plain , a very wide and ... sublime . On feeling an earthquake , or surveying the eruption of a volcano , the sensation must be THE SUBLIME . 29.
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