Letters on Literature, Taste, and Composition: Addressed to His Son, Volume 1Richard Phillips, 1808 - 623 pages |
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... circumstance even independent of the principle of association , something as uncon- nected with ideas of social pleasure or pain , as the vibrations of an Eolian harp . I find I have casually mentioned the word association , and it is ...
... circumstance even independent of the principle of association , something as uncon- nected with ideas of social pleasure or pain , as the vibrations of an Eolian harp . I find I have casually mentioned the word association , and it is ...
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... circumstance which renders poetry pleasing is the animated and figurative language , which is one of its characteristics . We may , I think , easily explain why the style of one literary work is more pleasing than that of another , upon ...
... circumstance which renders poetry pleasing is the animated and figurative language , which is one of its characteristics . We may , I think , easily explain why the style of one literary work is more pleasing than that of another , upon ...
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... circumstance in the usual manner of a newspaper paragraph . " We have it from the best authority , that Christopher Saveall , of the county of Salop , esq . the other day being surprized by the visit of a London friend and his family ...
... circumstance in the usual manner of a newspaper paragraph . " We have it from the best authority , that Christopher Saveall , of the county of Salop , esq . the other day being surprized by the visit of a London friend and his family ...
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. yet in England such a circumstance is more likely to excite interest and ... circumstances of the two parties are admirably contrasted , and it affords a beautiful and striking opening to the ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. yet in England such a circumstance is more likely to excite interest and ... circumstances of the two parties are admirably contrasted , and it affords a beautiful and striking opening to the ...
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... circumstances , which ren- / der the picture more vivid and complete , that poets and orators , and all who address the pas- sions of their hearers , establish an influence over their minds . To select the circumstances which will have ...
... circumstances , which ren- / der the picture more vivid and complete , that poets and orators , and all who address the pas- sions of their hearers , establish an influence over their minds . To select the circumstances which will have ...
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