Elements of Rhetoric and Literary Criticism: With Copious Practical Exercises and Examples. For the Use of Common Schools and Academies. Including, Also, a Succinct History of the English Language, and of British and American Literature from the Earliest to the Present Times |
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... Nature II . Beautiful and Sublime in Writing I. STYLE . IX . Of Style and Idiom X. Of different Kinds of Style . XI . Perspicuity XII . Purity . XIII . Propriety XIV . Precision · XV . Perspicuity in the Structure of Sentences XVI . Of ...
... Nature II . Beautiful and Sublime in Writing I. STYLE . IX . Of Style and Idiom X. Of different Kinds of Style . XI . Perspicuity XII . Purity . XIII . Propriety XIV . Precision · XV . Perspicuity in the Structure of Sentences XVI . Of ...
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... nature ! what a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! what a supply contrived for his wants ! ; On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? to whom are the hours so lingering ? who are so often ...
... nature ! what a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ! what a supply contrived for his wants ! ; On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? to whom are the hours so lingering ? who are so often ...
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... Nature and art . He who derives no pleas- ure from such elegance , excellence , or beauty , is said to be a man of ... Nature can never be a man of taste , because he can not know whether the production of art resemble Nature or not ...
... Nature and art . He who derives no pleas- ure from such elegance , excellence , or beauty , is said to be a man of ... Nature can never be a man of taste , because he can not know whether the production of art resemble Nature or not ...
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... Nature or not ; and if he know not this , he can receive from the imitative arts no real satisfaction . ( 2. ) Another quality necessary to good taste , is a clear and distinct apprehension of things . ( 3. ) To this must be added a ...
... Nature or not ; and if he know not this , he can receive from the imitative arts no real satisfaction . ( 2. ) Another quality necessary to good taste , is a clear and distinct apprehension of things . ( 3. ) To this must be added a ...
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... Nature with Nature itself , so as to perceive how far they agree or differ ; nor could we judge of the probability of events in a fable , or of the truth of sentiments ; nor whether the plan of a work be according to rule or otherwise ...
... Nature with Nature itself , so as to perceive how far they agree or differ ; nor could we judge of the probability of events in a fable , or of the truth of sentiments ; nor whether the plan of a work be according to rule or otherwise ...
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