Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes & Company, 1866 - 486 pages |
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... words signifying the thing to which the reason- ing is confined ; and such words are denominated abstract terms . The meaning and use of an abstract term are well understood , though of itself , unless other particulars be taken in , it ...
... words signifying the thing to which the reason- ing is confined ; and such words are denominated abstract terms . The meaning and use of an abstract term are well understood , though of itself , unless other particulars be taken in , it ...
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... words are so far short of the eye in liveliness of impression , that in a description connection ought to be ... word in different meanings . Surgamus : solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra . Juniperi gravis umbra : nocent et frugibus ...
... words are so far short of the eye in liveliness of impression , that in a description connection ought to be ... word in different meanings . Surgamus : solet esse gravis cantantibus umbra . Juniperi gravis umbra : nocent et frugibus ...
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Lord Henry Home Kames James Robert Boyd. in words or colors occasions a sensible emotion , as well as when we see it ... word , an agreeable or disagreeable object recalled to the mind in idea , is the occasion of a pleasant or painful ...
Lord Henry Home Kames James Robert Boyd. in words or colors occasions a sensible emotion , as well as when we see it ... word , an agreeable or disagreeable object recalled to the mind in idea , is the occasion of a pleasant or painful ...
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... words ; for it is not accurate to talk of incidents long past as passing in our sight , nor of hearing at present what we really heard yesterday , or at a more distant time . And yet the want of proper words to describe ideal presence ...
... words ; for it is not accurate to talk of incidents long past as passing in our sight , nor of hearing at present what we really heard yesterday , or at a more distant time . And yet the want of proper words to describe ideal presence ...
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... words , inde- pendent of action , have the same power in a less degree , every one of sensibility must have felt : a good tragedy will extort tears in private , though not so forcibly as upon the stage . That power belongs also to ...
... words , inde- pendent of action , have the same power in a less degree , every one of sensibility must have felt : a good tragedy will extort tears in private , though not so forcibly as upon the stage . That power belongs also to ...
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