Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1 |
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... tion which its well known Author lived to complete ; and it contains the result of various observations , made by a vigorous and cultivated mind , upon different sub- jects of taste and literature . It was con- cluded a very short time ...
... tion which its well known Author lived to complete ; and it contains the result of various observations , made by a vigorous and cultivated mind , upon different sub- jects of taste and literature . It was con- cluded a very short time ...
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... tion and train of ideas ; and what may appear a digression is in reality more connected with our subject than at first sight may appear . For much of the pleasure derived from the fine arts , and particularly from poetry and oratory ...
... tion and train of ideas ; and what may appear a digression is in reality more connected with our subject than at first sight may appear . For much of the pleasure derived from the fine arts , and particularly from poetry and oratory ...
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... very unfavourable to poetry . " And you will observe that all ornamented dic- tion , every thing that is called eloquence , ap- proaches more or less to the nature of poetry . LETTER III . Sources of fine Composition . MY DEAR 20 STYLE ..
... very unfavourable to poetry . " And you will observe that all ornamented dic- tion , every thing that is called eloquence , ap- proaches more or less to the nature of poetry . LETTER III . Sources of fine Composition . MY DEAR 20 STYLE ..
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... tion is made in the very words , as in the pas- sage of Hudibras , quoted by , I think , Lord Kaimes- - " The sun had long since in the lap " Of Thetis taken out his nap ; " And , like a lobster boil'd , the morn " From black to red ...
... tion is made in the very words , as in the pas- sage of Hudibras , quoted by , I think , Lord Kaimes- - " The sun had long since in the lap " Of Thetis taken out his nap ; " And , like a lobster boil'd , the morn " From black to red ...
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... tion . I have thought that I derived much ad- vantage from accustoming myself before I sat down to compose , always to read a few pages in some good writer , whose spirit I should wish to catch , as best adapted to the subject on which ...
... tion . I have thought that I derived much ad- vantage from accustoming myself before I sat down to compose , always to read a few pages in some good writer , whose spirit I should wish to catch , as best adapted to the subject on which ...
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