Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, 第 1 巻Press of M. Carey, March 19, 1793 |
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... show . The exer- cife of tafte and of found criticism , is in truth one of the most improving employments of the understand- ing . To apply the principles of good fenfe to com- pofition and difcourfe ; to examine what is beauti- ful ...
... show . The exer- cife of tafte and of found criticism , is in truth one of the most improving employments of the understand- ing . To apply the principles of good fenfe to com- pofition and difcourfe ; to examine what is beauti- ful ...
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... show , that his ideas on this fubject agree perfectly with what has been faid above . He is fpeaking of the beauties of ftyle and numbers . " Illud autem nequis admiretur quonam modo hæc vulgus im- " peritorum in audiendo , notet ; cum ...
... show , that his ideas on this fubject agree perfectly with what has been faid above . He is fpeaking of the beauties of ftyle and numbers . " Illud autem nequis admiretur quonam modo hæc vulgus im- " peritorum in audiendo , notet ; cum ...
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... shows , that nothing is more improvable . Only the fimpleft and plaineft compofitions are relifhed at firft ; ufe and practice extend our pleasure ; teach us to relish finer melody ; and by degrees enable us to enter into the intricate ...
... shows , that nothing is more improvable . Only the fimpleft and plaineft compofitions are relifhed at firft ; ufe and practice extend our pleasure ; teach us to relish finer melody ; and by degrees enable us to enter into the intricate ...
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... show how nature might have been more justly imitated or re- prefented - how the writer might have managed his fubject to greater advantage - the illufion will pre- fently be diffipated , and thefe falfe beauties will please no more ...
... show how nature might have been more justly imitated or re- prefented - how the writer might have managed his fubject to greater advantage - the illufion will pre- fently be diffipated , and thefe falfe beauties will please no more ...
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... shows its abfurdity . For is there any one who will feri- oufly maintain that the taste of a Hottentot or a Laplander is as delicate and as correct as that of a Longinus or an Addifon ? or , that he can be charg- ed with no defect or ...
... shows its abfurdity . For is there any one who will feri- oufly maintain that the taste of a Hottentot or a Laplander is as delicate and as correct as that of a Longinus or an Addifon ? or , that he can be charg- ed with no defect or ...
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