Elements of CriticismHuntington and Savage, 1845 - 504 pages |
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... relation of objects in directing the train of thought - Connected ideas varied by different causes - The will ... relations - A great flow of ideas the consequence - Accurate judg- ment seldom connected with a great flow of ideas - Wit ...
... relation of objects in directing the train of thought - Connected ideas varied by different causes - The will ... relations - A great flow of ideas the consequence - Accurate judg- ment seldom connected with a great flow of ideas - Wit ...
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... relations . An external object is no sooner presented to us in idea , than it suggests , to the mind , other objects ... relation to a rich cargo at sea : My wind , cooling my broth , Would blow me to an ague , when I thought What harm a ...
... relations . An external object is no sooner presented to us in idea , than it suggests , to the mind , other objects ... relation to a rich cargo at sea : My wind , cooling my broth , Would blow me to an ague , when I thought What harm a ...
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... relations , which surprise because they are unexpected : such relations , being of the slightest kind , readily occur to those only who make every relation equally welcome . Wit , upon that account , is , in a good measure , incompati ...
... relations , which surprise because they are unexpected : such relations , being of the slightest kind , readily occur to those only who make every relation equally welcome . Wit , upon that account , is , in a good measure , incompati ...
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... relation to the whole , some more intimate , some less , according to their destination . When due regard is had to these particulars , we have a sense of just com- position , and so far are pleased with the performance . Homer is ...
... relation to the whole , some more intimate , some less , according to their destination . When due regard is had to these particulars , we have a sense of just com- position , and so far are pleased with the performance . Homer is ...
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... relation even of the slightest kind is relished . This , however , ought not to be imitated in description . Words are so far short of the eye in liveliness of impression , that in a description connection ought to be carefully studied ...
... relation even of the slightest kind is relished . This , however , ought not to be imitated in description . Words are so far short of the eye in liveliness of impression , that in a description connection ought to be carefully studied ...
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