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... poetical composition ; since by them we are enabled to collect what the sense of mankind is , with respect to those beauties , which give them the highest pleasure , and which , therefore , poetry ought to exhibit . Authority or ...
... poetical composition ; since by them we are enabled to collect what the sense of mankind is , with respect to those beauties , which give them the highest pleasure , and which , therefore , poetry ought to exhibit . Authority or ...
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... poetical numbers ; and even of the concealed and looser measures of prose . Wit , humour , and ridicule , open likewise a variety of plea- sures to taste , altogether different from any that have ⚫ yet been considered . At present it ...
... poetical numbers ; and even of the concealed and looser measures of prose . Wit , humour , and ridicule , open likewise a variety of plea- sures to taste , altogether different from any that have ⚫ yet been considered . At present it ...
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... poetical dress of language was at length laid aside in the intercourse of men , and reserved for those occasions only , on which ornament was pro- fessedly studied . How may we form an idea of the origin of language ? What is said of ...
... poetical dress of language was at length laid aside in the intercourse of men , and reserved for those occasions only , on which ornament was pro- fessedly studied . How may we form an idea of the origin of language ? What is said of ...
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... poetical style differs widely from prose , not with respect to numbers only , but in the very words themselves ; which proves what a compass and variety of words we can select and employ , suited to different occasions . Herein we are ...
... poetical style differs widely from prose , not with respect to numbers only , but in the very words themselves ; which proves what a compass and variety of words we can select and employ , suited to different occasions . Herein we are ...
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... poetical numbers , without the assistance of rhyme , is a sufficient proof , that it is far from being unharmonious . Even the hissing sound , of which it has been accused , obtains less fre- quently than has been suspected . For in ...
... poetical numbers , without the assistance of rhyme , is a sufficient proof , that it is far from being unharmonious . Even the hissing sound , of which it has been accused , obtains less fre- quently than has been suspected . For in ...
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