Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... Regularity , properly speaking , belongs , like beauty , to objects of sight ; and , like beauty , it is also ... regularity from uniformity ? for a figure composed of uniform parts must undoubtedly be regular . Regularity is predicated ...
... Regularity , properly speaking , belongs , like beauty , to objects of sight ; and , like beauty , it is also ... regularity from uniformity ? for a figure composed of uniform parts must undoubtedly be regular . Regularity is predicated ...
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... regularity and order , and that disregard to justice or propriety never fails to be punished with shame and remorse . * Rejectin Authenty ( New Kilns ) 49. Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over reason . Philosophers anciently ...
... regularity and order , and that disregard to justice or propriety never fails to be punished with shame and remorse . * Rejectin Authenty ( New Kilns ) 49. Rude ages exhibit the triumph of authority over reason . Philosophers anciently ...
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... Regularity , order , and connection are painful restraints on a bold and fertile imagination ; and are not patiently submitted to , but after much culture and discipline . In Horace there is no fault more eminent than want of connection ...
... Regularity , order , and connection are painful restraints on a bold and fertile imagination ; and are not patiently submitted to , but after much culture and discipline . In Horace there is no fault more eminent than want of connection ...
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... regularity of their conduct . The power that fiction hath over the mind affords an endless variety of refined amusements always at hand to employ a vacant hour . 123. One useful rule in criticism upon epic poetry , derived from the ...
... regularity of their conduct . The power that fiction hath over the mind affords an endless variety of refined amusements always at hand to employ a vacant hour . 123. One useful rule in criticism upon epic poetry , derived from the ...
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... regularity , is however beautiful in the view of convenience ; and the want of form or symmetry in a tree , will not prevent its appearing beautiful , if it be known to pro- duce good fruit . * 181. When these two beauties coincide in ...
... regularity , is however beautiful in the view of convenience ; and the want of form or symmetry in a tree , will not prevent its appearing beautiful , if it be known to pro- duce good fruit . * 181. When these two beauties coincide in ...
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