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... emotions . Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores , nec sinit esse feros . These polished arts have humaniz'd mankind , Soften'd the rude and calm'd the boisterous mind . Poetry , eloquence , and history , continually exhibit ...
... emotions . Ingenuas didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores , nec sinit esse feros . These polished arts have humaniz'd mankind , Soften'd the rude and calm'd the boisterous mind . Poetry , eloquence , and history , continually exhibit ...
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... emotion . Instances , which on this subject are extremely necessary , will clearly show the importance of all these ... emotions of sublimity . The genius of men was then What is the subject of this lecture ? In what must the foundation ...
... emotion . Instances , which on this subject are extremely necessary , will clearly show the importance of all these ... emotions of sublimity . The genius of men was then What is the subject of this lecture ? In what must the foundation ...
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... emotion , ex- cited in the mind by some great or noble object , raises it considerably above its common pitch . A species of enthusiasm is produced , extremely pleasing , while it lasts ; but the mind is tending every moment to sink ...
... emotion , ex- cited in the mind by some great or noble object , raises it considerably above its common pitch . A species of enthusiasm is produced , extremely pleasing , while it lasts ; but the mind is tending every moment to sink ...
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... emotion ; and the whole expressed in a style and versification easy , natural , and simple , but magnificent . Beside simplicity and conciseness , strength is es- sentially necessary to sublime writing . Strength of description proceeds ...
... emotion ; and the whole expressed in a style and versification easy , natural , and simple , but magnificent . Beside simplicity and conciseness , strength is es- sentially necessary to sublime writing . Strength of description proceeds ...
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... emotion , which is aimed at by sublime description , admits no mediocrity , and cannot subsist in a middle state ; but must either highly tran- sport us ; or , if unsuccessful in the execution , leave us exceedingly disgusted . We ...
... emotion , which is aimed at by sublime description , admits no mediocrity , and cannot subsist in a middle state ; but must either highly tran- sport us ; or , if unsuccessful in the execution , leave us exceedingly disgusted . We ...
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