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... subject that accords with this tone is always welcome . Thus , in good fpirits , a chear- ful fubject will be introduced by the flight- eft connection ; and one that is melancho- ly , not lefs readily in low fpirits . Again , an ...
... subject that accords with this tone is always welcome . Thus , in good fpirits , a chear- ful fubject will be introduced by the flight- eft connection ; and one that is melancho- ly , not lefs readily in low fpirits . Again , an ...
Page 38
... subject will never be graceful . I give for an example the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the fixth book of the Æneid . The reader is not prepared for this important event . No cause is affigned , that can make it appear ...
... subject will never be graceful . I give for an example the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the fixth book of the Æneid . The reader is not prepared for this important event . No cause is affigned , that can make it appear ...
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... the more fenfibly felt , and have the longer endurance . The ftraining an elevated subject beyond Boileau and Huet . due due bounds and beyond the reach of an ordinary conception 302 GRANDEUR AND SUBLIMITY . Ch . IV .
... the more fenfibly felt , and have the longer endurance . The ftraining an elevated subject beyond Boileau and Huet . due due bounds and beyond the reach of an ordinary conception 302 GRANDEUR AND SUBLIMITY . Ch . IV .
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