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... very justly remarked , that " One reason why philosophers seldom succeed in poetry may be that abstract ideas are too familiar to their * Dr. Priestley . minds . They are perpetually employed in re- ducing particular STYLE . 19.
... very justly remarked , that " One reason why philosophers seldom succeed in poetry may be that abstract ideas are too familiar to their * Dr. Priestley . minds . They are perpetually employed in re- ducing particular STYLE . 19.
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Addressed to His Son George Gregory. minds . They are perpetually employed in re- ducing particular to general propositions , a turn of thinking very unfavourable to poetry . ” And you will observe that all ornamented dic- tion , every ...
Addressed to His Son George Gregory. minds . They are perpetually employed in re- ducing particular to general propositions , a turn of thinking very unfavourable to poetry . ” And you will observe that all ornamented dic- tion , every ...
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... employed by any writer affects and interests his readers . The same phi- losophers have endeavoured to explain why the excitement of moderate emotions , such as are produced by the sight of a tragedy , should be a source of pleasure ...
... employed by any writer affects and interests his readers . The same phi- losophers have endeavoured to explain why the excitement of moderate emotions , such as are produced by the sight of a tragedy , should be a source of pleasure ...
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... employ that mode of exciting pathetic emotions which is best adapted to his subject . The circumstantial method , though the most general , and indeed the most powerful , is very apt , in unskilful hands , to become frigid de- clamation ...
... employ that mode of exciting pathetic emotions which is best adapted to his subject . The circumstantial method , though the most general , and indeed the most powerful , is very apt , in unskilful hands , to become frigid de- clamation ...
Page 56
... employed this stroke of humour with infinite effect , appearing sud- dently to correct himself , when he would in- sinuate something in an indirect manner . Critics are not entirely agreed in defining the distinction between 56 . THE ...
... employed this stroke of humour with infinite effect , appearing sud- dently to correct himself , when he would in- sinuate something in an indirect manner . Critics are not entirely agreed in defining the distinction between 56 . THE ...
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