Lectures on rhetoric &cT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... poetry , or any of the fine arts , is justly construed to be an unpromising symptom of youth ; and raises suspicions of their being prone to low gratifications , or destined to drudge in the more vulgar and illiberal pursuits of life ...
... poetry , or any of the fine arts , is justly construed to be an unpromising symptom of youth ; and raises suspicions of their being prone to low gratifications , or destined to drudge in the more vulgar and illiberal pursuits of life ...
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... poetry or prose , almost every one rises with some good impressions left on his mind : and though these may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain ...
... poetry or prose , almost every one rises with some good impressions left on his mind : and though these may not always be durable , they are at least to be ranked among the means of disposing the heart to virtue . One thing is certain ...
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... poetry . The characters of Taste , when brought to its most improved state , are all reducible to two , Delicacy and Correctness . Delicacy of Taste respects principally the perfec- tion of that natural sensibility on which Taste is ...
... poetry . The characters of Taste , when brought to its most improved state , are all reducible to two , Delicacy and Correctness . Delicacy of Taste respects principally the perfec- tion of that natural sensibility on which Taste is ...
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... poetry , the Asiatics at no time relished any thing but what was full of ornament , and splendid in a degree that we should denominate gawdy ; whilst the Greeks admired only chaste and simple beauties , and despised the Asiatic ...
... poetry , the Asiatics at no time relished any thing but what was full of ornament , and splendid in a degree that we should denominate gawdy ; whilst the Greeks admired only chaste and simple beauties , and despised the Asiatic ...
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... poetry ; and such writers as Suckling and Etheridge were held in esteem for dramatic composition . The question is , what conclusion we are to form from such instances as these ? Is there any thing that can be called a standard of Taste ...
... poetry ; and such writers as Suckling and Etheridge were held in esteem for dramatic composition . The question is , what conclusion we are to form from such instances as these ? Is there any thing that can be called a standard of Taste ...
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