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Page 288
What I have said suggests a capital rule for reaching the sublime in such works of
art as are susceptible of it ; and that is , to put in view those parts or
circumstances only which make the greatest figure , keeping out of sight every
thing that is ...
What I have said suggests a capital rule for reaching the sublime in such works of
art as are susceptible of it ; and that is , to put in view those parts or
circumstances only which make the greatest figure , keeping out of sight every
thing that is ...
Page 292
The speech of Clytemnestra , descending from her chariot in the sphigenia of
Euripides , beginning of act 3 . is stuffed with a number of low , common , and
trivial circumstances . But of all writers Lucan in this article is the most injudicious
.
The speech of Clytemnestra , descending from her chariot in the sphigenia of
Euripides , beginning of act 3 . is stuffed with a number of low , common , and
trivial circumstances . But of all writers Lucan in this article is the most injudicious
.
Page 329
Several circumstances concur to produce this effect . On the one hand , the
agitation of the mind and its keen attention , prepare it in the most effectual
manner for receiving a deep impression . On the other hand , the object by its
sudden and ...
Several circumstances concur to produce this effect . On the one hand , the
agitation of the mind and its keen attention , prepare it in the most effectual
manner for receiving a deep impression . On the other hand , the object by its
sudden and ...
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| Title | Elements of Criticism, Volume 1 Classics in art and literary criticism Elements of Criticism, Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Author | Lord Henry Home Kames |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 |
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