Lectures on General Literature, Poetry, &c., Delivered at the Royal Institution in 1830 and 1831Harper & Bros., 1860 - 324 sider |
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... means , the labour , and diversities of for- tune by which the achievement was attended , but without manifesting them to the uninformed by- standers . Without previous knowledge , therefore , of the subject , the figures in the most ...
... means , the labour , and diversities of for- tune by which the achievement was attended , but without manifesting them to the uninformed by- standers . Without previous knowledge , therefore , of the subject , the figures in the most ...
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... mean as the art is now practised ) , and , to an uninitiated eye at least , the similarity of treatment by ordinary adepts , whether single figures or monumental groups . When , however ( to use a strong metaphor ) , at the touch of ...
... mean as the art is now practised ) , and , to an uninitiated eye at least , the similarity of treatment by ordinary adepts , whether single figures or monumental groups . When , however ( to use a strong metaphor ) , at the touch of ...
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... means by which terror , wonder , pity , delight , or anger are attempted to be excited ; yet with single figures frequently , and with small groups occasion- ally , under the guise of metaphors and similes , poetry of every kind is ...
... means by which terror , wonder , pity , delight , or anger are attempted to be excited ; yet with single figures frequently , and with small groups occasion- ally , under the guise of metaphors and similes , poetry of every kind is ...
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... mean , or unattractive ; softening asperities , blending discordances , sinking superflui- ties , harmonizing all parts , and placing the whole in such connexion , due distance , and convenient light , as shall at once satisfy the ...
... mean , or unattractive ; softening asperities , blending discordances , sinking superflui- ties , harmonizing all parts , and placing the whole in such connexion , due distance , and convenient light , as shall at once satisfy the ...
Side 41
... mean- ing ) , than either by reading aloud , or hearkening to another who reads . I appeal to those present who are most skilled in the delicacies of rhythmical periods , whether any recitation of verse , by the most accomplished ...
... mean- ing ) , than either by reading aloud , or hearkening to another who reads . I appeal to those present who are most skilled in the delicacies of rhythmical periods , whether any recitation of verse , by the most accomplished ...
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