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... effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophi- cally considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images , or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently un- like . Of wit , thus ...
... effects upon the hearer , may be more rigorously and philosophi- cally considered as a kind of discordia concors ; a combination of dissimilar images , or discovery of occult resemblances in things apparently un- like . Of wit , thus ...
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... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in pos- itions not limited by exceptions , and in ...
... effect is sudden astonishment , and the second rational admiration . Sublimity is produced by aggregation , and littleness by dispersion . Great thoughts are always general , and consist in pos- itions not limited by exceptions , and in ...
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... effect ; the whole system of life , while the theo- has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once cracy was yet visible , has an appearance so di- been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Fleck - ferent from all other scenes of human ...
... effect ; the whole system of life , while the theo- has been once quoted ; by Rymer it has once cracy was yet visible , has an appearance so di- been praised ; and by Dryden , in " Mack Fleck - ferent from all other scenes of human ...
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... effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportunity for such criticism as epic poems com- monly supply . The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shown by ...
... effects of idleness . As the Davideis affords only four books , though intended to consist of twelve , there is no opportunity for such criticism as epic poems com- monly supply . The plan of the whole work is very imperfectly shown by ...
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... effect , at least to our ears , will ap- pear by a passage in which every reader will lament to see just and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language :す Where honour or where consience does not bind , No other ...
... effect , at least to our ears , will ap- pear by a passage in which every reader will lament to see just and noble thoughts defrauded of their praise by inelegance of language :す Where honour or where consience does not bind , No other ...
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