 IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating, both to the writer and the reader, than those delicate strokes of sentimental morality, which refer our actions to the determination of feeling.  Select British Classics - Page 2701803Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Chalmers - 1807 - 380 pages
...TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1780To the AUTHOR of the MIRROR, SIR, IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating both to the writer and...these the poet, the novel writer, and the essayist, hare always delighted ; you are not, therefore, singular, for having dedicated so much of the MIRROR... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1808 - 492 pages
...morality, which refer our actions to the determination of feeling. In these the poet, the novel-writer, and the essayist, have always delighted ; you are...having dedicated so much of the Mirror to sentiment and sensibi7 lity. I imagine, however, Sir, there is much danger in pushing these qualities too far ; the... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1819 - 358 pages
...TUESDAY, APRIL 25, 1780. TO THE AUTHOR OF THE MIRROR. SIR, IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating both to the writer and...therefore, singular, for having dedicated so much «>f the MIRROR to sentiment and sensibility. I imagine, however, Sir, there is much danger in pushing1... | |
 | 1823 - 344 pages
...APRIL 2<5, 1780. "To THE AUTHoIl oF THE MIRRoR. " SIR, *' IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating, both to the writer and...the determination of feeling. In these the poet, the novel-writer, and the essayist, have always delighted ; you are not, therefore, singular, for having... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 734 pages
...APRIL 25, 1780. "To THE AUTHoR oF THE MIRRoR. " SIE, " IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating, both to the writer and...the determination of feeling. In these the poet, the novel-writer, and the essayist, have always delighted ; you are not, therefore, singular, for having... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 1847 - 534 pages
...APRIL 25, 1780.] To the Author of the Mirror : SIR — In books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating, both to the writer and the reader, than those delicate strokes of sentimei.uti morality, which refer our actions to the determination of feeling. In these the poet,... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1875 - 494 pages
...quite right when he says, " In books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating than those delicate strokes of sentimental morality...refer our actions to the determination of feeling." The romantic school, the very essence of tragedy, does this. It is by the heart and feeling, not through... | |
 | James Hain Friswell - 1875 - 346 pages
...quite right when he says, " In books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating than those delicate strokes of sentimental morality...refer our actions to the determination of feeling." The romantic school, the very essence of tragedy, does this. It is by the heart and feeling, not through... | |
 | Henry Mackenzie - 2005 - 232 pages
...excessive sensibility.] TO THE AUTHOR OF THE MIRROR. SIR, IN books, whether moral or amusing, there are no passages more captivating both to the writer and...the determination of feeling. In these the poet, the novel-writer, and the essayist, have always delighted; you are not, therefore, singular, for having... | |
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