An Abridgment of Blair's Lectures on Rhetoric: Revised and Corrected for the Use of Academies and Schools : with Questions Adapted to the Work |
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... genius to be favorable , are certainly superior to any system of public instruc- tion . But , though rules and instructions cannot effect every thing which is requisite , they may be of considerable use . If they cannot inspire genius ...
... genius to be favorable , are certainly superior to any system of public instruc- tion . But , though rules and instructions cannot effect every thing which is requisite , they may be of considerable use . If they cannot inspire genius ...
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... of improved under- standing . To be satisfied of this , we may ob serve , that the greater part of the productions of genius are no other than imitations of nature : representations of the characters , actions , or manners of 10 TASTE .
... of improved under- standing . To be satisfied of this , we may ob serve , that the greater part of the productions of genius are no other than imitations of nature : representations of the characters , actions , or manners of 10 TASTE .
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... genius ; re- fers them to their proper classes ; assigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their power of pleasing is derived ; and is pleas- ed himself precisely in that degree , in which he ought , and no more ...
... genius ; re- fers them to their proper classes ; assigns the principles , as far as they can be traced , whence their power of pleasing is derived ; and is pleas- ed himself precisely in that degree , in which he ought , and no more ...
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... GENIUS . PLEASURES OF TASTE . SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . TRUE criticism is the application of taste and of good sense , to the several fine arts . Its design is to distinguish , what is beautiful , and what is faulty in every performance ...
... GENIUS . PLEASURES OF TASTE . SUBLIMITY IN OBJECTS . TRUE criticism is the application of taste and of good sense , to the several fine arts . Its design is to distinguish , what is beautiful , and what is faulty in every performance ...
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... genius , indeed , will of himself , un- instructed , compose in such manner , as is agree able to the most important rules of criticism ; for , as these rules are founded in ... Genius may be greatly improved by art and study ; GENIUS . 15.
... genius , indeed , will of himself , un- instructed , compose in such manner , as is agree able to the most important rules of criticism ; for , as these rules are founded in ... Genius may be greatly improved by art and study ; GENIUS . 15.
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