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... Writers have endeavoured to supply want of matter by graces of composition ; and courted the temporary applause of the ignorant instead of the lasting approbation of the discerning . But such im- posture must be short and transitory ...
... Writers have endeavoured to supply want of matter by graces of composition ; and courted the temporary applause of the ignorant instead of the lasting approbation of the discerning . But such im- posture must be short and transitory ...
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... writer who may not receive assistance from critical observations upon the beauties 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 ...
... writer who may not receive assistance from critical observations upon the beauties 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 ...
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... writing being the principal object of them . Our design is to give some opening into the pleasures of taste in general , and to insist more particularly upon sublimity and beauty . be met with ? What is said of a universal genius ...
... writing being the principal object of them . Our design is to give some opening into the pleasures of taste in general , and to insist more particularly upon sublimity and beauty . be met with ? What is said of a universal genius ...
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... object . What has been imagined by an ingenious author ? -What is said in respect to this sentiment ? -What is said of mighty force and power ? LECTURE IV . SUBLIMITY IN WRITING . THE foundation of 20 SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS .
... object . What has been imagined by an ingenious author ? -What is said in respect to this sentiment ? -What is said of mighty force and power ? LECTURE IV . SUBLIMITY IN WRITING . THE foundation of 20 SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS .
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Hugh Blair. LECTURE IV . SUBLIMITY IN WRITING . THE foundation of the sublime in composition must always be laid in the nature of the object described . Unless it be such an object , as , if presented to our sight , if exhibited to us in ...
Hugh Blair. LECTURE IV . SUBLIMITY IN WRITING . THE foundation of the sublime in composition must always be laid in the nature of the object described . Unless it be such an object , as , if presented to our sight , if exhibited to us in ...
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