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... faults which ought to be avoided , and consequently , tend to enlighten taste , and to conduct genius from unnatural deviations into its proper channel . Though they are incapable of producing great excellencies , they may at least ...
... faults which ought to be avoided , and consequently , tend to enlighten taste , and to conduct genius from unnatural deviations into its proper channel . Though they are incapable of producing great excellencies , they may at least ...
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... by experience ? What is adduced in proof of this ? -What may authority or pre- judice do ? -How are his faults discovered ? -What is seen ? - What does time do ? which therefore , poetry ought to exhibit . Authority or TASTE . 11.
... by experience ? What is adduced in proof of this ? -What may authority or pre- judice do ? -How are his faults discovered ? -What is seen ? - What does time do ? which therefore , poetry ought to exhibit . Authority or TASTE . 11.
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... faults are discovered , and the genuine taste of human nature is seen . Time overthrows the illusions of opinion , but establishes the decisions of nature . LECTURE III . CRITICISM . - GENIUS . - PLEASURES OF TASTE . - SUBLIMITY IN ...
... faults are discovered , and the genuine taste of human nature is seen . Time overthrows the illusions of opinion , but establishes the decisions of nature . LECTURE III . CRITICISM . - GENIUS . - PLEASURES OF TASTE . - SUBLIMITY IN ...
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... faults of those who have gone before him . No rules in- deed can supply the defects of genius , or inspire it , where it is wanting ; but they may often guide it in- to its proper channel ; they may correct its extrava- gancies , and ...
... faults of those who have gone before him . No rules in- deed can supply the defects of genius , or inspire it , where it is wanting ; but they may often guide it in- to its proper channel ; they may correct its extrava- gancies , and ...
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... apt to imagine ? -Is this false ? -Does this ap pear in genuine instances of sublime writing ? -Examples . - Re- marks . In general , where does the sublime lie ? The faults , opposite to the sublime , are princi- 28 SUBLIMITY IN WRITING .
... apt to imagine ? -Is this false ? -Does this ap pear in genuine instances of sublime writing ? -Examples . - Re- marks . In general , where does the sublime lie ? The faults , opposite to the sublime , are princi- 28 SUBLIMITY IN WRITING .
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