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Page xi
... expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and importance from an historical point of view . We endeavour , then ...
... expression of its kind uttered in and approved by a generation of men most eagerly interested in the literary art : an expression , accordingly , of the highest value and importance from an historical point of view . We endeavour , then ...
Page 203
... expression . Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves afford . This effect pro- ceeds from the display of those parts of nature which attract , and the concealment of those which repel the ...
... expression . Poetry pleases by exhibiting an idea more grateful to the mind than things themselves afford . This effect pro- ceeds from the display of those parts of nature which attract , and the concealment of those which repel the ...
Page 293
... expression . Though all is easy , nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless , there is nothing harsh ; and ... expressing with clearness what he thinks with vigour . His style could not easily be imitated , either seriously or ...
... expression . Though all is easy , nothing is feeble ; though all seems careless , there is nothing harsh ; and ... expressing with clearness what he thinks with vigour . His style could not easily be imitated , either seriously or ...
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