Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... Hence some retrenchment becomes necessary to the highest usefulness of the work : and it will not be doubted that it may receive great improvement , by additions which may be made from the works of distinguished authors , who have ...
... Hence some retrenchment becomes necessary to the highest usefulness of the work : and it will not be doubted that it may receive great improvement , by additions which may be made from the works of distinguished authors , who have ...
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... hence it is , that poets and orators , who are extremely successful in describing objects of sight , find objects of the other senses too faint and obscure for language . An idea thus acquired of an object at second - hand , ought to be ...
... hence it is , that poets and orators , who are extremely successful in describing objects of sight , find objects of the other senses too faint and obscure for language . An idea thus acquired of an object at second - hand , ought to be ...
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... hence the pleasure that arises from the idea of a beautiful object . An idea of imagination is also pleasant , though in a lower degree than an idea of memory , where the objects are of the same kind ; for an evident reason , that the ...
... hence the pleasure that arises from the idea of a beautiful object . An idea of imagination is also pleasant , though in a lower degree than an idea of memory , where the objects are of the same kind ; for an evident reason , that the ...
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... Hence , the stillness of night contributes to terror , there being nothing to divert the attention : Horror ubique animos , simul ipsa silentia terrent . — Æneid , ii . Zara . Silence and solitude are everywhere Through all the gloomy ...
... Hence , the stillness of night contributes to terror , there being nothing to divert the attention : Horror ubique animos , simul ipsa silentia terrent . — Æneid , ii . Zara . Silence and solitude are everywhere Through all the gloomy ...
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... hence the abstract term space . In the same manner , existence may be considered abstractedly from any particular thing that exists ; and place may be considered abstractedly from any particular thing that may be in it . Every series or ...
... hence the abstract term space . In the same manner , existence may be considered abstractedly from any particular thing that exists ; and place may be considered abstractedly from any particular thing that may be in it . Every series or ...
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