An Abridgement of Lectures on RhetoricT. and J. Swords, 1813 - 287 pages |
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... actions , or man- ners of men . Now the pleasure we experience from such imitations or representations , is found- ed on mere taste ; but to judge whether they be properly executed , belongs to the understand- ing , which compares the ...
... actions , or man- ners of men . Now the pleasure we experience from such imitations or representations , is found- ed on mere taste ; but to judge whether they be properly executed , belongs to the understand- ing , which compares the ...
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... action in dramatic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and then applied to poetry ; but they were deduced from the practice of Homer and Sophocles . They were founded upon observing the superior ...
... action in dramatic and epic composition , were not first discovered by logical reasoning , and then applied to poetry ; but they were deduced from the practice of Homer and Sophocles . They were founded upon observing the superior ...
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... actions of our fellow creatures . These will be found to be chiefly of that class which comes un- der the name of magnanimity or heroism ; and they produce an effect very similar to what is produced by a view of grand objects in nature ...
... actions of our fellow creatures . These will be found to be chiefly of that class which comes un- der the name of magnanimity or heroism ; and they produce an effect very similar to what is produced by a view of grand objects in nature ...
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... action . Colour , figure , and motion , though separate principles of beauty , yet in many beautiful ob- jects meet together , and thereby render the beauty greater and more complex . Thus in flowers , trees , and animals , we are ...
... action . Colour , figure , and motion , though separate principles of beauty , yet in many beautiful ob- jects meet together , and thereby render the beauty greater and more complex . Thus in flowers , trees , and animals , we are ...
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... actions , always raise in us a feeling similar to that of beauty . There are two great classes of moral qualities ; one is of the high and the great virtues , which require ex- traordinary efforts , and is founded on dangers and ...
... actions , always raise in us a feeling similar to that of beauty . There are two great classes of moral qualities ; one is of the high and the great virtues , which require ex- traordinary efforts , and is founded on dangers and ...
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