Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, Volume 1Thomas Kirk, Main-Street., 1812 - English language |
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... Tragedy - Greek , French , English Tragedy . XLVII . Comedy - Greek and Roman - French - English Comedy ... 331 350 LECTURES ON RHETORIC , & c . LECTURE XXVII . iv CONTENTS .
... Tragedy - Greek , French , English Tragedy . XLVII . Comedy - Greek and Roman - French - English Comedy ... 331 350 LECTURES ON RHETORIC , & c . LECTURE XXVII . iv CONTENTS .
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... tragedies . He paints with a glowing pencil ; and possesses , beyond all writers , the talent of painting , not to the imagination merely , but to the heart . With many of the most distinguished beau- congressos , ne vultum quidem ...
... tragedies . He paints with a glowing pencil ; and possesses , beyond all writers , the talent of painting , not to the imagination merely , but to the heart . With many of the most distinguished beau- congressos , ne vultum quidem ...
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... tragedy , or dramatic writing . same . None of these kinds of poetry , however , were in the first ages of society properly distinguished or separated , as they are now , from each other . Indeed , not only were the different kinds of ...
... tragedy , or dramatic writing . same . None of these kinds of poetry , however , were in the first ages of society properly distinguished or separated , as they are now , from each other . Indeed , not only were the different kinds of ...
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... tragedy , would be fettered and degraded by it . It is best adapted to compositions of a temperate strain , where no parti- * In the Italian heroic verse , employed by Tasso in his Gierusalemme , and Ariosto in his Orlando , the pauses ...
... tragedy , would be fettered and degraded by it . It is best adapted to compositions of a temperate strain , where no parti- * In the Italian heroic verse , employed by Tasso in his Gierusalemme , and Ariosto in his Orlando , the pauses ...
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... tragedy ; ridicule , the pro- vince of comedy . The predominant character of the epic , is admiration excited by heroic actions . It is sufficiently distin- guished from history , both by its poetical form , and the liberty of fiction ...
... tragedy ; ridicule , the pro- vince of comedy . The predominant character of the epic , is admiration excited by heroic actions . It is sufficiently distin- guished from history , both by its poetical form , and the liberty of fiction ...
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