Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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... example , which is made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate by an apricot , and upon the nostrils by a rose . It is otherwise in seeing and hearing ; for I am not sensible of the impression made upon my eye when I behold a tree ...
... example , which is made upon the hand by a stone , upon the palate by an apricot , and upon the nostrils by a rose . It is otherwise in seeing and hearing ; for I am not sensible of the impression made upon my eye when I behold a tree ...
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... example the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the sixth book of the Æneid : the reader is not prepared for that important event : no cause is assigned that can make it appear necessary , or even natural , to suspend for so long ...
... example the descent of Æneas into hell , which employs the sixth book of the Æneid : the reader is not prepared for that important event : no cause is assigned that can make it appear necessary , or even natural , to suspend for so long ...
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... examples , the good qualities or good offices that attract my love , are antecedently agreeable : if an injury did ... Examples . 71. Remarks on foregoing examples . 72. What we love - what we hate . conscious of pleasure or pain : a ...
... examples , the good qualities or good offices that attract my love , are antecedently agreeable : if an injury did ... Examples . 71. Remarks on foregoing examples . 72. What we love - what we hate . conscious of pleasure or pain : a ...
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... example , raised by human actions and qualities : a vir- tuous action raiseth in every spectator a pleasant emotion , which is commonly attended with desire to reward the author of the action : a vicious action , on the contrary ...
... example , raised by human actions and qualities : a vir- tuous action raiseth in every spectator a pleasant emotion , which is commonly attended with desire to reward the author of the action : a vicious action , on the contrary ...
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... example , let us figure some grand and heroic action , highly agreeable to the spectator : besides veneration for the author , the spectator feels in himself an unusual dignity of character , which disposeth him to great and noble ...
... example , let us figure some grand and heroic action , highly agreeable to the spectator : besides veneration for the author , the spectator feels in himself an unusual dignity of character , which disposeth him to great and noble ...
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