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... nature or art contributes most towards excellence in writing and discourse . Various may be the opinions , with ... natural genius to be favourable , are certainly superior to any system of public instruc- tion . But , though rules and ...
... nature or art contributes most towards excellence in writing and discourse . Various may be the opinions , with ... natural genius to be favourable , are certainly superior to any system of public instruc- tion . But , though rules and ...
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... Nature of Figurative Language Metaphor Hyperbole Personification and Apostrophe Page 9 12 19 26 32 38 43 46 52 55 60 65 70 74 78 79 83 88 Comparison , Antithesis , Interrogation , Exclamation , and other Figures of Speech General ...
... Nature of Figurative Language Metaphor Hyperbole Personification and Apostrophe Page 9 12 19 26 32 38 43 46 52 55 60 65 70 74 78 79 83 88 Comparison , Antithesis , Interrogation , Exclamation , and other Figures of Speech General ...
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Hugh Blair. Historical Writing Epistolary Writing Fictitious History Philosophical Writing and Dialogue Nature of Poetry - Its Origin and Progress - Versification English Versification Pastoral Poetry Lyric Poetry Didactic Poetry ...
Hugh Blair. Historical Writing Epistolary Writing Fictitious History Philosophical Writing and Dialogue Nature of Poetry - Its Origin and Progress - Versification English Versification Pastoral Poetry Lyric Poetry Didactic Poetry ...
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... nature nothing is more general than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ; of what is orderly , proportioned ... nature in the earth and heavens . Even in the deserts of Amer- ica , where human nature appears in its most uncultiva ...
... nature nothing is more general than the relish of beauty of one kind or other ; of what is orderly , proportioned ... nature in the earth and heavens . Even in the deserts of Amer- ica , where human nature appears in its most uncultiva ...
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... natural sensibility to beauty and of im- proved understanding . To be satisfied of this , we may observe , that the greater part of the productions of ge- nius are no other than imitations of nature ; represent- ations of the characters ...
... natural sensibility to beauty and of im- proved understanding . To be satisfied of this , we may observe , that the greater part of the productions of ge- nius are no other than imitations of nature ; represent- ations of the characters ...
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Page 18 - And he rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind.
Page 171 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth. Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; Shew forth his salvation from day to day. Declare his glory among the heathen, His wonders among all people.
Page 172 - And the parched ground shall become a pool, and the thirsty land springs of water : in the habitation of dragons where each lay, shall be grass with reeds and rushes.
Page 214 - States entitled an act for the encouragement of learning hy securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the author., and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned, and also to an act entitled an act supplementary to an act, entitled an act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of maps, charts and books to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving and...
Page 102 - He can converse with a Picture, and find an agreeable Companion in a Statue. He meets with a secret Refreshment in a Description, and often feels a greater Satisfaction in the Prospect of Fields and Meadows, than another does in the Possession.
Page 79 - O unexpected stroke, worse than of death ! Must I thus leave thee, Paradise ? thus leave Thee, native soil! these happy walks and shades, Fit haunt of gods ? where I had hope to spend, Quiet though sad, the respite of that day That must be mortal to us both.
Page 79 - Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Page 103 - Imagination, but are able to disperse Grief and Melancholy, and to set the Animal Spirits in pleasing and agreeable Motions. For this Reason Sir Francis Bacon, in his Essay upon Health, has not thought it improper to prescribe to his Reader a Poem or a Prospect, where he particularly dissuades him from knotty and subtile Disquisitions, and advises him to pursue Studies that fill the Mind with splendid and illustrious Objects, as Histories, Fables, and Contemplations of Nature.
Page 172 - The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God ; and he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds ; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 63 - I will point you out the right path of a virtuous and noble education; laborious indeed at the first ascent, but else so smooth, so green, so full of goodly prospect and melodious sounds on every side, that the harp of Orpheus was not more charming.