Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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... 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 distinguished from ...
... 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 distinguished from ...
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... poetry , painting , sculpture , music , gardening , and architecture . This especially is the duty of the opulent , who have leisure to improve their minds and their feelings . The fine arts are contrived to give pleasure to the ...
... poetry , painting , sculpture , music , gardening , and architecture . This especially is the duty of the opulent , who have leisure to improve their minds and their feelings . The fine arts are contrived to give pleasure to the ...
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... poetry , painting , and sculpture , while they have power to ele- vate , and charm , and purify the mind , may be made direct stimulants to the vilest and lowest passions . It is indeed from this quarter that we are to look for danger ...
... poetry , painting , and sculpture , while they have power to ele- vate , and charm , and purify the mind , may be made direct stimulants to the vilest and lowest passions . It is indeed from this quarter that we are to look for danger ...
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... poetry , music , painting are mere pastime . In the prime of life , indeed , they are delightful , being supported by the force of novelty , and the heat of imagination : but in time they lose their relish ; and are generally neglected ...
... poetry , music , painting are mere pastime . In the prime of life , indeed , they are delightful , being supported by the force of novelty , and the heat of imagination : but in time they lose their relish ; and are generally neglected ...
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... poet can find no pretext for an adventure so extraordinary , but the hero's longing to visit the ghost of his father , recently dead in the mean time the story is interrupted , and the reader loses his ardor . Pity it is that an episode ...
... poet can find no pretext for an adventure so extraordinary , but the hero's longing to visit the ghost of his father , recently dead in the mean time the story is interrupted , and the reader loses his ardor . Pity it is that an episode ...
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