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... tion which the Messrs . Carvill are about to publish , has a still stronger recommendation . To every lec most used in our colleges and principal seminaries . The best and most correct edition of this work hith - ture , Mr. Mills has ...
... tion which the Messrs . Carvill are about to publish , has a still stronger recommendation . To every lec most used in our colleges and principal seminaries . The best and most correct edition of this work hith - ture , Mr. Mills has ...
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... tion of Blair's Lectures , from the stereotype plates of Hopkins , after making numerous corrections , and introducing many additional pages of matter , peculi arly well calculated to make the work still more use ful in the study of ...
... tion of Blair's Lectures , from the stereotype plates of Hopkins , after making numerous corrections , and introducing many additional pages of matter , peculi arly well calculated to make the work still more use ful in the study of ...
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... tion are given from the ancients ; and proof of this remark ; and how is this from the moderns ? illustrated ? Of the beauty of composi- Having viewed taste in its most im tion and discourse , what is observed ? proved state , what does ...
... tion are given from the ancients ; and proof of this remark ; and how is this from the moderns ? illustrated ? Of the beauty of composi- Having viewed taste in its most im tion and discourse , what is observed ? proved state , what does ...
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... tion as the taste of a poet , or orator , becomes more refined with re- spect to the beauties of composition , it will certainly assist him to produce the more finished beauties in his work . Genius , however , in a poet or orator , may ...
... tion as the taste of a poet , or orator , becomes more refined with re- spect to the beauties of composition , it will certainly assist him to produce the more finished beauties in his work . Genius , however , in a poet or orator , may ...
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... tion to space at all . Such , for instance , is great loudness of sound . The burst of thunder or of cannon , the roaring of winds , the shout- See a Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and „ Beautiful ...
... tion to space at all . Such , for instance , is great loudness of sound . The burst of thunder or of cannon , the roaring of winds , the shout- See a Philosophical Inquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and „ Beautiful ...
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Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres: Chiefly from the Lectures of Dr. Blair Hugh Blair,Abraham Mills No preview available - 2015 |
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