Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, 2. köideBell & Bradfute, 1813 - 446 pages |
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... peculiar character in the compositions of any author , we are apt to infer , not without reason , that he is a vulgar and trivial author , who writes from imitation , and not from the impulse of original genius . As the most cele ...
... peculiar character in the compositions of any author , we are apt to infer , not without reason , that he is a vulgar and trivial author , who writes from imitation , and not from the impulse of original genius . As the most cele ...
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... peculiar advan- tages and each becomes faulty when carried to the extreme . The extreme of conciseness becomes abrupt and obscure ; it is apt also to lead into a style too pointed , and bordering on the epigrammatic . The extreme of ...
... peculiar advan- tages and each becomes faulty when carried to the extreme . The extreme of conciseness becomes abrupt and obscure ; it is apt also to lead into a style too pointed , and bordering on the epigrammatic . The extreme of ...
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... and which it required a peculiar turn of " * Then learn the wand'ring humour to controul , " And keep one equal tenour through the whole . " FRANCIS . génius to pursue : within certain bounds very beau- tiful 30 LECT . XIX . SIMPLICITY AND.
... and which it required a peculiar turn of " * Then learn the wand'ring humour to controul , " And keep one equal tenour through the whole . " FRANCIS . génius to pursue : within certain bounds very beau- tiful 30 LECT . XIX . SIMPLICITY AND.
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... peculiar and distinguishing character . Thus Milton is simple in the midst of all his grandeur ; and Demosthenes in the midst of all his vehemence . To grave and solemn writings , simplicity of man ! ner adds the more venerable air ...
... peculiar and distinguishing character . Thus Milton is simple in the midst of all his grandeur ; and Demosthenes in the midst of all his vehemence . To grave and solemn writings , simplicity of man ! ner adds the more venerable air ...
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... peculiar ardour ; it is a glowing style ; the lan- guage of a man , whose imagination and passions are heated , and strongly affected by what he writes ; who is therefore negligent of lesser graces , but pours himself forth with the ...
... peculiar ardour ; it is a glowing style ; the lan- guage of a man , whose imagination and passions are heated , and strongly affected by what he writes ; who is therefore negligent of lesser graces , but pours himself forth with the ...
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